Changes

In 1993, she succeeded in obtaining passage of a bill to establish a 24-hour statewide hot line for compulsive [[gambling|gamblers]], with the contact number placed in gambling establishments and on lottery tickets. That same year she succeeded in passing legislation to authorize courts to issue restraining and protective orders for abused parents. She also labored to include grandparents and grandchildren within the coverage of family violence programs.<ref name=bio/>

In 1993, she succeeded in obtaining passage of a bill to establish a 24-hour statewide hot line for compulsive [[gambling|gamblers]], with the contact number placed in gambling establishments and on lottery tickets. That same year she succeeded in passing legislation to authorize courts to issue restraining and protective orders for abused parents. She also labored to include grandparents and grandchildren within the coverage of family violence programs.<ref name=bio/>

She pushed for street lights for the Interstate 20 exchange at Grambling State University, an accomplishment that came after her death through the intervention of Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a Wilkerson political ally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gram.edu/news/update/udoct04(4).pdf|title=Pinkie Wilkerson’s vision of Grambling I-20 lighting system becomes reality|publisher=“GSU Update”, October 2004|accessdate=September 26, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>

She pushed for street lights for the Interstate 20 exchange at Grambling State University, an accomplishment that came after her death through the intervention of Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]], a Wilkerson political ally.<ref>"Pinkie Wilkerson’s vision of Grambling I-20 lighting system becomes reality," ''Grambling State University Update,'' October 2004.</ref>

==Legacy==

==Legacy==