LEADER 03893oam 22006014a 450 001 9910524705903321 005 20241009212853.0 010 $a0-8018-3515-1 010 $a1-4214-3223-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460977 035 $a(OCoLC)1128072907 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78161 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88881 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29139141 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29139141 035 $a(oapen)doab88881 035 $a(OCoLC)1149217662 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460977 100 $a20100325d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLady Rachel Russell$e"One of the Best of Women" /$fLois G. Schwoerer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2019 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d1988. 210 4$dİ1988. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xxviii, 321 pages) :)$cillustrations 311 08$a1-4214-3224-2 311 08$a1-4214-3222-6 327 $aCover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Dating, Style, and Address -- Introduction -- 1. Background and Beginnings -- 2. First Marriage, 1654-1667, to the Honorable Francis Vaughan -- 3. Second Marriage, 1669, to the Honorable William Russell -- 4. Domestic Life, 1669-1683 -- 5. Politics, 1673-1683 -- 6. Trial and Execution of Lord Russell, July 1683 -- 7. Widowhood, 1683-1688 -- 8. Prime Years, 1689-1702 -- 9. Declining Years and Death, 1702-1723 -- Appendix: The Family of Lady Rachel Russell -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aOriginally published in 1987. Lady Rachel Russell (1637?1723) was regarded as "one of the best women" by many of the most powerful people of her time. Wife of Lord William Russell, the prominent Whig opponent of King Charles II who was executed for treason in 1683, Lady Russell emerged as a political figure in her own right during the Glorious Revolution and throughout her forty-year widowhood. Award-winning historian Lois G. Schwoerer has written a biography that illuminates both the political life and the lives of women in late Stuart England. Lady Russell's interest in politics and religion blossomed during her marriage to Lord Russell and after his death: "as William became a Whig martyr, Rachel became a Whig saint." Her wealth, contacts, and role as her husband's surrogate gave her considerable influence to intercede in high government appointments, lend support in elections, and exchange favors with her friend Mary of Orange. In her domestic life she similarly took steps usually reserved to men, managing large estates in London and Hampshire and negotiating favorable marriage contracts for each of her three children. Although Lady Russell was unusual for her time, she was by no means unique. Other notable women shared her concerns and traits, although to differing degrees and effects. Schwoerer suggests that the horizons of women's lives in the seventeenth century may have extended farther than is often supposed. 606 $aAdel$2gtt 606 $aPolitics and government$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01919741 606 $aNobility$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01038255 606 $aNobility$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$2fast 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1660-1714 608 $aBiographies. 615 17$aAdel. 615 0$aPolitics and government 615 0$aNobility. 615 0$aNobility 676 $a941.06/092/4 B 700 $aSchwoerer$b Lois G$0268661 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524705903321 996 $aLady Rachel Russell$92784188 997 $aUNINA