Cecilia Muñoz-Palma: The First Woman Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Justice Cecilia Muñoz-Palma was born on November 22, 1913 in Bauan, Batangas. Her father was a former congressman of Batangas. She was intellectually gifted and topped all her classes in all levels. She was the high school class valedictorian of St. Scholastica’s College in 1931. She was the first woman to be elected president…

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