In 1882, Charlesworth became a companion of Miss Catherine Booth in organizing a branch of the Salvation Army in Paris.

[4] In 1887, she took command of the Salvation Army forces in the United States alongside her husband, Ballington Booth.

[6] In 1896, Ballington and Maud left the Salvation Army after a dispute with General Booth, to co-found the Volunteers of America.

[1] She later toured on the Chautauqua circuit, moving audiences with her vivid account of life in prisons and calls for reform.

She attended the event at New York City's Town Hall, which included messages from Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John J. Pershing on the occasion.