page_title: Madame Guérin
hierarchical_section_title: Madame Guérin
caption_attribution_description: English: This is how lecturer Madame Guérin as a praying Jeanne d'Arc, during her Alliance française lectures about the Maid of Orleans.
context_page_description: Madame E. Guérin was born at Vallon, Ardèche, France. She was the originator of the Remembrance Poppy Day. Prior to this, she was a teacher in Madagascar; a lecturer for the Alliance Française; and a lecturer, fundraiser and humanitarian in the U.S.A., during World War 1. For services to France, she was awarded the Officier d'académie’ médaille and the Officier de l’Instruction Publique médaille. For her services to the U.S.A., for the Liberty Bond, she was awarded the Victory Liberty Loan Medallion.
  Initially, her Poppy Days benefited the widows and orphans of the war devastated regions of France. She was christened “The Poppy Lady from France” after being invited to address the American Legion, at its 1920 convention, in Cleveland, Ohio, about her original ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ idea. Her idea was for all World War 1 Allied countries to use artificial poppies, made by French widows and orphans, as an emblem for remembering those who gave their lives during the World War 1 and, at the same time, creating a method of raising funds to support the families of the fallen and those who had survived, thereafter.
context_section_description: Madame E. Guérin (born Anna Alix Boulle, 5 February 1878 - 16 April 1961) was born at Vallon (-Pont-d’Arc), Ardèche, France. She was the originator of the Remembrance Poppy Day. Prior to this, she was a teacher in Madagascar; a lecturer for the Alliance Française; and a lecturer, fundraiser and humanitarian in the U.S.A., during World War 1.  For services to France, she was awarded the Officier d'académie’ médaille and the Officier de l’Instruction Publique médaille. For her services to the U.S.A., for the Liberty Bond, she was awarded the Victory Liberty Loan Medallion.
  Initially, her Poppy Days benefited the widows and orphans of the war devastated regions of France.  She was christened “The Poppy Lady from France” after being invited to address the American Legion, at its 1920 convention, in Cleveland, Ohio, about her original ‘Inter-Allied Poppy Day’ idea.  Her idea was for all World War 1 Allied countries to use artificial poppies, made by French widows and orphans, as an emblem for remembering those who gave their lives during the World War 1 and, at the same time, creating a method of raising funds to support the families of the fallen and those who had survived, thereafter.  Now, the Remembrance Poppy encompasses all conflicts that have occurred since.
caption: Madame Guérin portraying a praying Jeanne d'Arc, 1909
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