Dagmar Wilson, Anti-Nuclear Leader, Dies at 94
Dagmar Wilson, the founder of Women Strike for Peace, a cold war movement that helped organize demonstrations around the world calling for nuclear disarmament, died Jan. 6 in Washington. She was 94 and lived in Leesburg, Va.
Her daughter, Sally Ballin, confirmed the death.
On Nov. 1, 1961, about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike for Peace marched in 60 cities in the United States and abroad demanding an end to atomic testing. As about 1,500 women led by Ms. Wilson gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument, President John F. Kennedy watched from a window at the White House....
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Her daughter, Sally Ballin, confirmed the death.
On Nov. 1, 1961, about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike for Peace marched in 60 cities in the United States and abroad demanding an end to atomic testing. As about 1,500 women led by Ms. Wilson gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument, President John F. Kennedy watched from a window at the White House....