Etta S. Wilson Timeline
1857 Born Esther Eliza Wolfe in Northport, MI
1881 Married Wesley T. Wilson
1886 Reporter in Grand Rapids, Telegram-Herald
1890 Founder Michigan Women’s Press Association
1892 President of newly formed Michigan Women’s Press Club
1900 Secretary Grand Rapids Press Club (mixed sex membership)
1901 Reporter for Detroit Journal-News (editor of newly founded women’s page)
1906 Left newspaper reporting due to crippling illness
1907 Secretary of Audubon Society (Indiana)
Moves to Indiana
1913 Lecturer for Nat’l Association of Audubon Societies
Observer for migratory movements for Biological Survey
1914 Joined Daughters of American Revolution
1917 Associate member American Ornithologists’ Union
Returns to Detroit area
1936 Died in Detroit