Career
In 1939 she broke the Land"s End to John o" Groats and 1,000-mile (1,600 km) records. When World World War II stopped her efforts in 1941 she held every Women"s Road Records Association (RRA) bicycle record. Wilson started racing in 1935, when she was 17.
She broke three records riding as an amateur in 1938.
Then in 1939 she turned professional and broke 11 records (including two of her own from 1938). The pinnacle of her year was completing the End to End ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2d 22h 52m, continuing to complete the 1,000 miles in a record 3d 11h 44m.
When World World War II stopped her efforts in 1941 she held all 16 Women"s R.R.A. bicycle records. Marguerite Wilson for her bicycle records, Land’s End to John O’Groats in 2 days 22 hours
52 ministers and 1,000 miles in 3 days 11 hours
44 ministers Marguerite Wilson was a stewardess for British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1948, working Short Flying boats from the Marine Airway terminal, Solent, Southampton, Hampshire.