Wilson was born on September 13, 1886, in
Dublin, Indiana, to Lida and Morris Browne. She attended high school in
Kokomo, Indiana, and the
Rand School of Social Science in New York. Wilson was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1930, winning by a margin of 85 votes. She was subsequently reelected in the 1932 and 1934 elections, but did not run for reelection in 1936 due to failing health. As a member of the legislature, she campaigned for old age pensions, unemployment and maternity insurance, and child labor laws. She was a member of the
League for Industrial Democracy, the Old Age Security League, and the Birth Control League of Berks County. She died on July 8, 1937, at the age of 50. == References ==