, ▁to ▁Ros anna ▁( née ▁O ’ G ar ro ) ▁and ▁Lev ons ▁E lias ▁Dol ly . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁th ir teen ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁G ages ▁estate ▁and ▁began ▁teaching ▁at ▁St . ▁August ine ▁School . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁Dol ly ▁married ▁Abraham ▁Peters ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁K ins ale . ▁While ▁she ▁continued ▁to ▁teach , ▁she ▁became ▁involved ▁in ▁deb ating ▁soci eties . ▁ ▁Activ ist ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁Peters ' ▁began ▁speaking ▁out ▁about ▁child ▁labor , ▁uns an it ary ▁living ▁conditions , ▁and ▁rac ism . ▁By ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁when ▁the ▁Mont ser rat ▁Tr ades ▁and ▁Labour ▁Union ▁( MT L U ) ▁formed , ▁she ▁joined ▁the ▁union ▁and ▁used ▁her ▁skill ▁with ▁debate ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁how ▁the ▁labor ▁practices ▁of ▁the ▁plant ocracy ▁ab used ▁the ▁share cro ppers ▁and ▁workers ▁on ▁the ▁island . ▁Un like ▁many ▁who ▁were ▁afraid ▁to ▁confront ▁the ▁economic ▁r uling ▁class , ▁Peters ▁rel ent lessly ▁purs ued ▁fair ▁labor ▁practices ▁and ▁pay ▁for ▁workers ▁and ▁improvement ▁in ▁the ▁conditions ▁under ▁which ▁they ▁worked . ▁ ▁Rec ogn izing ▁that ▁her ▁out sp ok enn ess ▁and ▁gender ▁would ▁pre clude ▁her ▁from ▁running ▁for ▁public ▁office , ▁Peters ▁put ▁her ▁considerable ▁influence ▁behind ▁William ▁Br am ble , ▁who ▁would ▁become ▁Mont ser rat ' s ▁first ▁Chief