Island Girl

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Island Girl is written by Marian Mathison Desrosiers and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0917012275 (ISBN 10) and 9780917012273 (ISBN 13).

In her youth Florence Kerins Murray saw the expansion of women's suffrage rights, a world-wide depression, and war. She served the nation in the Women's Army Corps and became a respected military officer during World War II. After the war Murray ran for the school committee and the state senate; in those positions she demonstrated her energy and abilities, as she did in her next jobs as Rhode Island trial court judge and supreme court judge. For more than forty years she made decisions on constitutional rights of citizens of Rhode Island and provided leadership in jurist organizations at the national level.Justice Florence Kerins Murray left her mark on programs for veterans, the institution of the Family Court, and state activities such as music festivals, Fort Adams, and scholarships. As a jurist she influenced legal and judicial education and the humanities. Through her selection of law clerks, she encouraged women to seek judgeships. In 1990 the state of Rhode Island renamed the Newport courthouse The Murray Judicial Complex to honor Justice Murray as "Patriot, Public Servant, Distinguished Jurist, and Champion of the Rights and Progress of Women."