Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (6 October 1772 in Luzern – 19 August 1856) was a politically influential

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during the

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. She was married to Vinzenz Rüttimann from 1794 and corresponded with

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from 1799.

Life

Anna Maria was the daughter of the politician Rudolf Franz Meyer Theoderik von Schauensee and Waldburga Fleckenstein and sister of , a justice minister of during the Helvetian Republic. Her

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was a centre of political debate. She acted as an advisor and mediator in conflicts between and Franz Bernhard Meyer-Schauensee. Her influence upon contemporary Swiss policy is believed to have been great.

Sources

*Evelyn Boesch, «Das angenehmste ist, an unsere Republik zu denken». Anna Maria Rüttimann zum Verhältnis von Staat und Geschlecht in der Helvetik, in: *Ernst, Andreas u.a. (Hg.), ''Revolution und Innovation. Die konfliktreiche Entstehung des schweizerischen Bundesstaates von 1848'', Zürich 1998, S. 161–172. *Evelyn Boesch, «Ich weiss bald nicht mehr, wie ich in meinem Zimmer sitzen will». Was für die Patrizierin Anna Maria Rüttimann die helvetische Politik bedeutete, in: ''Mit Pfeffer und Pfiff,'' hg. v. Verein Frauenstadtrundgang Luzern 1998, S. 46–59. *Evelyn Boesch, Mit Überzeugung und Hingabe. Republikanische Frauen und Männer erleben die Helvetik, in: Baur, Brigitte u.a. (Hg.), ''«Welch ein Leben». Quellentexte zum gesellschaftlichen Umbruch in der Innerschweiz nach 1798'', Zürich 1998, S. 47–108. *Esther Nünlist, ''Helvetische Revolution und «Weiber Instinkt». Der politische Einfluss der Republikanerin Anna Maria Rüttimann'', Saarbrücken 2010, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Schauensee, Anna Maria Ruttimann-Meyer Von 1772 births 1856 deaths 19th-century Swiss people Swiss salon-holders 19th-century Swiss women