THIS PAGE: Mary Wilson, original member of The Supremes (Photo by Alan Mercer). OPPOSITE PAGE: The original Supremes, from left, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard (Photo courtesy of Motown)
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Mary Wilson hit the pinnacle of her life— besides giving birth to her children, she says—before she was 20 years old. But, as a founding member of the Supremes and a best-selling author and philanthropist by nature, she has not let society and pop culture define her glory days.