The Poppy Lady The Story of Madame Anna Guérin and the Remembrance Poppy

Hello all,

This is my book, published at the beginning of December last year, by Pen and Sword. It is the first I have ever written and the only one I have ever been inspired to write. Researching and identifying who this Madame Guérin really was became a passion and, although I doubted my ability, I just had to be the first person to write her first biography. During the Great War years, the people of the USA. knew her to be "the greatest of all War speakers". She raised funds for many charities that benefitted (directly and indirectly) France, which included the US War Bonds. After the Armistice was signed, France's "After-War Work" began and the French government asked her to return the America to raise money for the children of the devastated areas of France. Her life evolved to lead to her "big idea" in 1920 ... the Inter-Allied Poppy Day! It was not long before I realised people of English-speaking allied nations once knew her as the "Originator of the Flanders Poppy Day" but she had been all but forgotten and certainly not given the recognition due. My quest is to see her come into the limelight ... where she should be. She is the person who put the remembrance poppy on your lapel.

Available at Pen and Sword .... other book sellers are available The Poppy Lady

 

Heather is being very modest. She has also carried out extensive research into WW1 military hospitals in the North Essex area and had quite a few articles printed over the years in the local press about both WW1 and WW2 history topics.

See link for WW1 hospitals:

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