At the end of an additional three-years study, and passing an examination, pupil-teachers qualified as uncertified teachers.

[2] After successfully passing three such examinations, Charles obtained, in 1932, a scholarship to enroll in the two-year course offered by Spring Gardens Teacher Training College in Antigua.

Returning to St. Kitts in 1934, she was unable to secure a paid position and worked as an unpaid teacher at Estridge Government School until the following year.

She taught at St. Paul’s until 1945, when she accepted a position as the head teacher in Palmetto Point at the Trinity Government School.

[1] Charles served as a member of the Moravian Provincial Synod meeting, held in Antigua, as part of the St. Kitts delegation in 1969.

[5] and briefly taught at the George Moody Stuart Memorial School at the sugar factory, located in Golden Rock, Basseterre.

[1] Then in 1971, as the first woman candidate in St. Kitts and Nevis, Charles ran for election on the ticket of the People’s Action Movement.