[3] At the age of 17, Martin gave birth to her first son, Clarence Fitzroy Bryant, who would later serve as St. Kitt's Minister of Education and Attorney General.

[2] Martin found work in a printing company and during the war years met a Nevisian army reservist, Clement Liburd, whom she married in 1944.

[3] During the same period, she served as president of the National Council of Women in St. Kitts[11] and during her tenure launched the "Learn to Earn" program which gained acclaim throughout the Caribbean and Canada.

[9][13] Between 1982 and 1985, Liburd helped anchor the Trade Union Education Institute and University of the West Indies (UWI) interdisciplinary project to provide training and leadership capacity and teach the history of women’s contributions to society as citizens, activists, laborers, and leaders.

[12][15] Liburd was an executive member of the St. Kitts and Nevis Trade and Labour Union, traveling abroad to numerous training events as its representative.

[16] Upon retirement from the civil service, Liburd used her bonus to open a specialty shop where she sold clothing, toiletries, ginger beer, and mauby, as well as her own baked goods.

[3] In 2004, Liburd was honored with a "Woman of Great Esteem" award by the organization of the same name of New York, for her contributions to the development of women's opportunities in St. Kitts and Nevis.