Background
Clementina Black was born in Brighton, one of the eight children of the solicitor, town clerk and coroner of Brighton, David Black (1817–1892), and his wife, Clara Maria Patten (1825–1875), the daughter of a court portrait painter.
novelist suffragette trade unionist
Clementina Black was born in Brighton, one of the eight children of the solicitor, town clerk and coroner of Brighton, David Black (1817–1892), and his wife, Clara Maria Patten (1825–1875), the daughter of a court portrait painter.
Her siblings included the mathematician Arthur Black and the translator Constance Garnett.
Alongside reports on social conditions, she wrote seven novels, including An Agitator about a socialist strike leader.
