[3] Wolfson attended Adelphi College in Garden City, New York, where she helped to organize a campus chapter of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society in 1916.
[2] Following her graduation in 1917, Wolfson worked as a volunteer health worker at a settlement house in New York City.
[2] In this capacity Wolfson was the author of several reports on child labor in the textile industry of North Carolina.
[3] From 1920 to 1922, Wolfson served as executive director of the New York Consumers' League, heading its political efforts on behalf of the 8-hour day and minimum wage legislation.
[4] During this time Wolfson also attended graduate courses, receiving a Master's degree in economics in 1922 from Columbia University and completing her PhD from the Brookings Institution in 1926.