Moina Michael on a 1948 U.S. commemorative stampThe Poppy Lady Georgia Historical Marker
Moina Belle Michael (August 15, 1869 – May 10, 1944) was an American professor and humanitarian who conceived the idea of using poppies as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in World War I.
Moina Belle Michael (August 15, 1869 – May 10, 1944) was an American professor and humanitarian who conceived the idea of using poppies as a symbol of...
Wearing of poppies has been a custom since 1924 in the United States. MoinaMichael of Georgia is credited as the founder of the Memorial Poppy in the United...
forces. Inspired by the war poem "In Flanders Fields" and promoted by MoinaMichael, they were first used near the end of World War I to commemorate British...
"We Shall Keep the Faith" is a poem penned by MoinaMichael in November 1918. She received inspiration for this poem from "In Flanders Fields". The "poppy...
in the region. Inspired by "In Flanders Fields", American professor MoinaMichael resolved at the war's conclusion in 1918 to wear a red poppy year-round...
Moina is a genus of crustaceans within the family Moinidae. The genus was first described by W. Baird in 1850. They are referred to as water fleas, but...
conservation charity Plantlife. United States commemorative stamp depicting MoinaMichael and corn poppies Claude Monet, "Summer Field of Coquelicots", 1875 An...
Matir Moina (Bengali: মাটির ময়না; also known in English as The Clay Bird) is a 2002 Bengali war-drama film written and directed by Tareque Masud. It...
the soldiers' graves in Flanders. Inspired by the poem, YWCA worker MoinaMichael attended a YWCA Overseas War Secretaries' conference three years later...
Ruadh Chorùna Hedd Wyn Cynan Alan Seeger Joyce Kilmer: "Rouge Bouquet" MoinaMichael: We Shall Keep the Faith Roy Campbell Uys Krige Federico García Lorca...
Canadian poet John McCrae's famous poem In Flanders Fields, American poet MoinaMichael resolved at the war's conclusion in 1918 to wear a red poppy year-round...
Earl Haig. In response to the poem In Flanders Field by John McCrae, MoinaMichael started selling silk poppies in 1918 to raise funds for ex-servicemen...
Chaney, Michael A. (2008). "The uses in seeing: mobilizing the portrait in drag in Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom". In Chaney, Michael A. (ed.)...
and author Virginia Donaghe McClurg, member Ruth Karr McKee, member MoinaMichael, educator and originator of Memorial Day Poppies Anne Hazen McFarland...
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