Bertha C. Boschulte (March 8, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American educator, women's rights activist, statistician and politician. During her tenure as a teacher, she actively worked to attain women's suffrage in the Virgin Islands. After obtaining her Master's Degree in Public Health, she worked as the director of the Statistical Service from 1952 and was then appointed as director of the Division of Vital Records and Statistical Services. From 1955 to 1957, she was the General Services director of the Department of Health. Boschulte ran for a Senate seat and was elected in 1964, serving one term. She worked on the Commission on the Status of Women from 1969 and in 1970 was elected chair of the Virgin Islands Board of Education. In 1976, the new Junior High School in Bovoni Estate was named the Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School, in her honor. Early life Bertha Christina Boschulte was born on March 8, 1906 on Saint Thomas in the Danish Virgin Islands to Jessie Alexandrina (née Millen) and Rupert R. Boschulte. She attended school in the local school system at James Monroe Elementary School and Charlotte Amalie Junior-Senior High School. After teaching for a year in 1924, she then moved to Virginia and attended the Hampton Institute, graduating in 1929 with distinction, gaining a Bachelor of Science in English and mathematics. Career After her graduation, Boschulte returned to the Virgin Islands and began teaching at the Charlotte Amalie High School. During her time at Hampton, she had become aware of women's issues and was particularly interested in the suffrage movement. When she returned to St. Thomas, Boschulte joined with other women, including Ella Gifft, Eulalie Stevens, and Edith L. Williams to try to gain the vote for women in the Virgin Islands. She was the secretary of the St. Thomas Teacher's Association in 1935, when women teachers attempted to register and were rejected. The Teacher's Association filed suit and Judge Albert Levitt, ruled in their favor, ordering the Election Board to allow qualified women to register to vote. In 1938, Boschulte was appointed acting principal of the school and in 1940 officially became the principal. She returned to the mainland to attend Teachers College, Columbia University and graduated with master's degree in educational administration in 1945. She attained a license to teach in New York and taught at P.S. 81 in 1946. While she was in the