Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Wilkinson a cikin wani iyalin Manchester mai talauci amma mai son zuciya kuma ta rungumi gurguzu a farkon shekarunta. Bayan kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Manchester, ta yi aiki ga kungiyar mata masu jefa kuri'a kuma daga baya a matsayin jami'in kungiyar kwadago. An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta Juyin Juya Halin Rasha na 1917, Wilkinson ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Burtaniya, kuma ya yi wa'azin gurguzu na juyin juya hali yayin da yake neman hanyoyin tsarin mulki zuwa ikon siyasa ta hanyar Jam'iyyar Labour. An zabe ta a matsayin 'yar majalisa ta Labour a Middlesbrough East a shekarar 1924, kuma ta goyi bayan Yajin Aikin Janar na 1926
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin gwamnatin Kwadago na 1929-1931, ta yi aiki a matsayin Sakatariyar Majalisar Dokoki ga ƙaramin Ministan Lafiya. Ta kulla dangantaka da wata matashiya 'yar kungiya kuma mai fafutuka Jennie Lee. Bayan shan kaye a Middlesbrough a 1931, Wilkinson ya zama dan jarida da marubuci, kafin ya koma majalisa a matsayin dan majalisar Jarrow a 1935. Ta kasance mai ba da shawara sosai ga gwamnatin Jamhuriyar Republican a yakin basasar Spain, kuma ta ziyarci yankunan yaƙi da yawa.