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Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee (6 October 1772 in Luzern – 19 August 1856) was a politically influential Swiss salonist during the Helvetian Republic. She was married to Vinzenz Rüttimann from 1794 and corresponded with Paul Usteri from 1799.
Life
Anna Maria was the daughter of the politician Rudolf Franz Meyer Theoderik von Schauensee and Waldburga Fleckenstein and sister of Franz Bernhard Meyer-Schauensee, a justice minister of during the Helvetian Republic. Her salon was a centre of political debate. She acted as an advisor and mediator in conflicts between Melchior Mohr and Franz Bernhard Meyer-Schauensee. Her influence upon contemporary Swiss policy is believed to have been great.
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