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Mexican-born, former Roman Catholic nun was sworn in as Florida's first woman Supreme Court Justice.
The courtroom in Tallahassee was packed with family, friends, and reporters.
She was the only woman to serve in the 140-year history of the Florida Supreme Court.
Rosemary Barkett was born in 1939 in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, to parents of Syrian ancestry. Her family migrated to Florida in 1946. She grew up in Miami, graduated from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama with high honors, and became an American citizen in 1958. As a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph for eight years, she taught in St. Augustine, Florida. After leaving her Order, she taught in the Dade County and Michigan public schools as an elementary and a middle school teacher, before going to the University of Florida law school.
After finishing law school, Rosemary Barkett practiced law for nine years. In 1979 she was appointed a circuit judge in Palm Beach County.
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