Moina belle michael biography
Moina Belle Michael and the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy
A young American teacher, Miss Moina Belle Michael, had an idea for a Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy in November 1918.
In her autobiography, ”The Miracle Flower, The Story of the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy” (published in 1941) Moina described how the idea for a memorial emblem of a red poppy came to her in a moment of revelation.
Moina Belle Michael Biography (1869-1944) - Great War
Moina dedicates the book to the late Colonel John McCrae and writes that his poem “In Flanders Fields” was the inspiration for her Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy.
The Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy Idea
The inspirational moment for the Memorial Poppy is described in Chapter VIII of “The Miracle Flower”.
The chapter is entitled, “The Birthday of the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy Idea”. The text is reproduced here with permission from Dorrance Publishing Company.(2)
On Saturday 9 November 1918 Moina was on duty for moina belle michael biography4 NASIF