Enid Wilson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Edwin Bidwell Wilson and Ethel (Sentner) Wilson. After earning her A.B. in English from Pembroke College in 1943, she completed a masters in Library Science at Simmons College. Wilson worked as a library cataloguer for nearly 50 years, first at the at the Univeristy of Rhode Island, and later at Boston University. She was an active member of the American Association of University Women and the Wellesley Historical Society. She served on the Pembroke Center Associates Council from 2002 until her death in April 2014.
