Dagmar Wilson dies at 94; organizer of women's disarmament protesters

[harvey007]

Source: LA Times

In 1961, the Berlin Wall went up, the Cold War arms race was on and Dagmar Wilson, a storybook illustrator and mother of three, steamed into the national spotlight.

A self-described "non-joiner," Wilson sparked a movement that on Nov. 1, 1961, drew an estimated 50,000 women across the country out of their homes and offices and into the streets to demonstrate for disarmament. Women Strike for Peace, the loose network of activists she founded, mounted the largest national women's peace protest of the 20th century and helped push the United States and the Soviet Union into signing a nuclear test-ban treaty two years later.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dagmar-wilson-20110130,0,5499397.story

[alittlelark]

1. KnR for a woman I had never heard of....

shame on me.

[uncle ray]

3. shame on me.

for only knowing the "other" Dagmar.

[Mnemosyne]

2. Go in peace sister... knr n/t

[boppers]

4. No Mention of Bella Abzug?

Curious.

[niyad]

5. too late to rec, but will kick for this remarkable woman.

go in peace, my sister.


absolutely disgusting that HUAC went after her and other women in that group. how threatening to our security that we would demand peace.