Dagmar Wilson

Dagmar Wilson[1]

Dagmar Searchinger Wilson (January 25, 1916 – January 6, 2011) was an American anti-nuclear testing activist, artist, and illustrator of children's books for Whitman's Children's Books.[2]

Born in Manhattan, New York City, her parents were Cesar and Marion Searchinger. Wilson founded Women Strike for Peace in 1961 to end the testing of nuclear weapons.[3]

  1. ^ "Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women's disarmament protesters". Chicago Tribune. 2011-01-30. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 30 January 2011.
  3. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (24 January 2011). "Dagmar Wilson, Anti-Nuclear Leader, Dies at 94". The New York Times.