Mary Gabriel is the author of ''Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution'', about

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and his wife

Jenny von Westphalen Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny Edle von Westphalen (; 12 February 18142 December 1881) was a German theatre critic and political activist. She married the philosopher and political economist Karl Marx in 1843. Background Jenny von Westphalen was b ...

. It was a finalist for the

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, the

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and the

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, the book is held in 985 libraries. She also wrote ''Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored'' — about suffragette

Victoria Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull (born Victoria California Claflin; September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), later Victoria Woodhull Martin, was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for president of the United States in the 187 ...

—, and'' The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone'' — about collectors and travelers

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. Her fourth book, ''Ninth Street Women : Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler — Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art'', was published in September 2018. Mary Gabriel was educated in the United States and France, and worked in Washington and London as a

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editor for nearly two decades. Gabriel was the 2022 recipient of the NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize.

Books

* ''Notorious Victoria: The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President''. Algonquin Books, 1998. * ''The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta & Claribel Cone''. Bancroft Press, 2002. * ''Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution''. Hachette, 2011. * ''Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art''. Little, Brown & Company, 2018. * ''Madonna: A Rebel Life''. Little, Brown & Company, 2023.

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