[3] Wilbur's parents both died when she young, and by 14 she had moved to Nebraska and begun teaching at a prairie school.

For over 20 years she wrote for major metropolitan newspapers in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, and Boston, on topics such as women's rights, labor issues, and culture.

[4] She was politically active as an organizer in the Woman Suffrage Party in New York City, and spoke publicly on the topic.

[4] She is most known for her writings on Mary Baker Eddy, founder of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, who she met in 1905 while interviewing her for the Boston Herald.

"[4] After writing her biography of Eddy, Wilbur continued to become even more involved with the women's suffrage movement,[9] especially in San Diego, California where she moved in 1918.