Norma Wilson was born in Pasadena, California in 1921 and grew up on a fruit farm in Vacaville, California, where her family moved following the Great Depression. Born to a Christian Science family, Wilson faced conflicts with the religion for much of her life before eventually breaking with the church after her college graduation. She attended school at San Francisco State University and later enrolled in some classes at UC Berkeley while working for General Cable in Emeryville during World War II. Following her graduation, she took teaching jobs in Santa Barbara and Hawaii. In this interview, Wilson discusses growing up in an agricultural environment, attending Peace Committee and union meetings in the Bay Area, working for General Cable during the war, her brother’s military career, lesbians and gay men in the war, and her teaching career. Included in the appendix is a collection of original poems and stories written by Wilson.