She practiced her art from a studio in her Georgetown home. Wilson devoted her young adult years in England to study art. She attended the Slade School of Art from 1933 to 1937, winning prizes in all the major areas of study. She became a freelance illustrator to supplement the family income. In 1946 Wilson illustrated her first children's book "While Susie Sleeps", which became a best-seller. Over her career she has had well over 50 children books to her name.
She also found Women Strike for Peace (WSP), an organization of women around the nation during the 1960’s; they marched, picketed, and lobbied the U.S. government to end nuclear weapons testing and work for nuclear disarmament and world peace. Dagmar explained on multiple occasions that the Women Strike for Peace started out as her own personal anger.
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