Connie Mark was a community organizer and activist. In 1943, Connie was recruited to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service because of her bookkeeping experience. She began working in the British Military Hospital of Kingston as a medical secretary, typing reports of battle injuries. She was promoted several times, becoming Full Corporal, but was denied for a pay increase. Connie saw the rejection as racism, as she should be treated like any other worker. After the war her commanding officer recommended her for the British Empire Medal, but she was denied the recognition. She later joined the West Indian ex-Servicemen’s Association and encouraged them to add women to the title of the organization, continuing the effort for the recognition of women in the war effort. In 1980, she founded an organization called the Friends of Mary Seacole, later renamed the Mary Seacole Memorial Association. After her success in gain recognition of servicewomen in the war, she worked for recognition of Black service men and women who were overlooked for their work during the war.