page_title: Florence K. Murray
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Florence K. Murray / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of an American elm tree in front of the Florence K. Murray Courthouse in Newport, RI (August 2015).
context_page_description: Florence K. Murray was a high-ranking officer in the Women's Army Corps, the first female state senator in Rhode Island, the first female judge in Rhode Island and the first female member of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
context_section_description: The Florence K. Murray award of the National Association of Women Judges is named after her. The award is presented to a non-judge who has influenced women to pursue legal careers, opened doors for women attorneys, or advanced opportunities for women within the legal profession.
  The Rhode Island Bar Association established a Florence K. Murray Award in her honor.
  The Newport County Courthouse was renamed the Florence K. Murray Judicial Complex in 1990, the first time a courthouse in the United States was named in honor of a female jurist.  There is a full length, life-sized portrait of Justice Murray in the courthouse.
caption: An elm tree stands in front of the Florence K. Murray Courthouse in Newport, RI
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