Lilith Martin Wilson

Lilith Martin Wilson (September 13, 1886 – July 8, 1937) was an American socialist who served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1930 to 1936.

[1] She was the first woman in Pennsylvania to run for governor, receiving just over two percent of the vote in the 1922 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election.

[2] Wilson was born on September 13, 1886, in Dublin, Indiana, to Lida and Morris Browne.

[3] Wilson was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1930, winning by a margin of 85 votes.

[5][6] As a member of the legislature, she campaigned for old age pensions, unemployment and maternity insurance, and child labor laws.