Wright worked for
George McGovern's unsuccessful
1972 presidential campaign. It was during this campaign when she met Bill Clinton and
Hillary Rodham. In 1973, Wright moved to Washington, D.C. and began working for the
National Women's Political Caucus, hoping the job would further Rodham's political viability. During Clinton's unsuccessful run for the
House of Representatives in 1974, Wright commuted on the weekends to Arkansas to assist his campaign. During the late 1970s, Wright founded and served as executive director of the now-defunct National Women's Education Fund, an organization based in Washington, D.C., which raised funds for women candidates. While there, she designed, organized and conducted training programs throughout the country for women candidates,
campaign managers, and officeholders. In 1980, ten days after his
defeat for re-election as governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton asked Wright to come to
Little Rock and help organize the campaign's records and files. Bringing only her suitcase, Wright traveled to Little Rock and began formulating Clinton's political comeback. She organized and ran Clinton's successful
1982 gubernatorial campaign, as well as his re-election campaigns in 1984 and 1986. In 1990, Wright was elected chair of the
Democratic Party of Arkansas and was hired as its executive director. As a lobbyist, Wright's clients included
American Airlines, the
American Dietetic Association, the
American Forest & Paper Association, and
ARCO, among others. She often visits inmates on
Arkansas'
death row at the
Varner Unit, a
high-security prison located near
Grady. ==Film==