In 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, Anna Guérin had agreed to lecture in the United States. for three years; she kept to that arrangement and travelled across the Atlantic in October 1914. Initially, her lectures were under the auspices of the ‘Alliance Française’ but she would discreetly raise funds for French war causes, at the end of her lectures.  Those voluntary donations were sent direct to the American Red Cross.  Once the United States entered the war, Anna raised funds openly, on a public platform.  She raised funds for the ‘Food for France’ organisation; French widows and orphans; French veterans (medically discharged without a pension); the American Red Cross; the US Liberty Loan Bonds; etc.  Whilst lecturing for the US Liberty Bonds, Anna Guérin was described by many as the greatest of all war speakers"."" " Anna Guérin returned to France each summer. The influenza pandemic/Spanish 'Flu curtailed what was to be her 1918/19 tour.  She was halfway across the Atlantic Ocean when the 1918 Armistice was signed.