states, Boschulte attended the International Assembly of Women held in New York. The conference, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt had representatives from 53 countries and was convened to get the women's perspective on post-war social organization. Resolutions made at the gathering supported the creation of the United Nations and endorsed legal and political equality for women. Returning to St. Thomas in 1947, Boschulte worked with other teachers in the Teacher Association to organize the Teacher's Institute and Evening School. The goal of the Association was to increase the standard of professionalism in teaching and they offered classes for teachers to upgrade their training. Boschulte was one of the instructors for both initiatives. In 1949, she was offered a post as a statistician in the Health Department. Deciding to forgo a PhD in education at Columbia, she accepted the offer, which included attending a training program at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and resigned as principal of the high school. In 1950, Boschulte moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan and began her studies, which included field trips to local health departments to evaluate their operations. Joining Delta Omega, she graduated in 1951 with a master's degree in public health. Returning to St. Thomas, she was appointed as director of the Statistical Service for the Health Department in 1952. When the Division of Vital Records and Statistical Services was founded, she became the first director, and then from 1955 to 1957, she was the General Services director of the Department of Health. She resigned from the Health Department in 1963, though she continued to work for the department on a contractual basis. In 1964, Boschulte was elected as a Senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands. In 1965, the local chapter of the Federation of Business and Professional Women named her "Woman of the Year". She ran for a second legislative term in 1966, but lost her race by 30 votes. In 1969, she was appointed to serve on the Commission on the Status of Women and the following year was elected to the board of the territorial Department of Education, and served as its chair. In 1976, a new junior high school was approved to be built in Bovoni bearing her name. The Bertha C. Boschulte Middle School was dedicated on March 1, 1981. Death and legacy Boschulte died on August 18, 2004 on St. Thomas. She is remembered