[1] In 1971, Wilson was elected to the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Township Committee, the first woman to win local office in that municipality.
Running with Arnold D'Ambrosa, they defeated two Republican incumbents, Herbert H. Kiehn and Arthur Manner.
[3] As a freshman legislator, Wilson won a leadership post and served as the Assembly Majority Whip.
From 1980 to 1981, she served in the Carter Administration as Associate Director for Recreational Programs at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
She returned to the Byrne Administration from 1981 to 1982 as the Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry.