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'''Adelfa Botello Callejo''' (June 10, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist of [[Mexico|Mexican]] descent.
The daughter of Felix Botello and Guadalupe Guerra, she was born '''Adelfa Botello''' in [[Millett, Texas]] and was educated at Cotulla High School. Her father was born in Mexico; her mother, also of Mexican descent, was born in Texas. Callejo moved to [[Dallas]] in 1939 with her family and began taking night classes at [[Southern Methodist University]] (SMU). Near the end of [[World War II]], she moved to [[California]] to help her brother after he was wounded in the war. There she began an import-export business and met William "Bill" F. Callejo; the couple were married in Dallas around 1946. She resumed her night classes at SMU, completing a law degree in 1961, the first Hispanic woman to graduate in law from SMU's [[Dedman School of Law]]. She opened her own law office, becoming the first Mexican American woman to practice law in Dallas. After her husband completed a law degree, they established the law firm of Callejo and Callejo
She was co-founder of the Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas (later the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association), also serving as regional president of the [[Hispanic National Bar Association]]. Callejo was chairperson and founder of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations. In 2012, she was named to the 50th Committee, charged with commemorating the 50th anniversary of the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. She also served as president of the Dallas County Criminal Bar Association.<ref name=tsha /><ref name=ruiz />
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