[1] She met Matthew Russell while studying for her DPH, he was a lecturer on the course, and they married at St Mary's church, Haddington Road, Dublin on 31 July 1924.
In December 1935, Russell was part of the delegation from the JCWSSW which met with Patrick Ruttledge, minister for justice, to protest at the government's failure to act on the committee report.
Members of JCWSSW were also active in attended law courts when cases against women and children were heard, and visited reformatories to report on improvements that could be made to them.
She held many traditional views, such as the importance of the role of women as primarily homemakers, lecturing widely on the topic, she also advocated for an adaptive workplace that would accommodate the needs of family life.
[2] The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland hold a small collection from the Russells of ephemera relating to public health, presented by their sons.