Mitchell Award Honoree: Charlotte King [Video]

Charlotte King was first introduced to Delaware as a working mother, looking for a place to bring her daughter for a beach trip. As a social worker who held posts with family and children’s services in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore region, her trips to Lewes were a brief reprieve.

King’s first career included stops at Anne Arundel County Social Services as well as leading all adoption and protective service programs for all Maryland’s counties. She also served as the executive director of the Catholic Charities and the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. When she thought her professional life was winding down, she moved to Lewes in 2000 to work for Delaware Guidance for Children, a mental health clinic for the state’s youth.

“But what really got me going was getting into volunteerism somehow. I must be hyperactive without knowing it,” King joked.

She joined the League of Women Voters, eventually becoming its president at a time when there were few Black women …