What is the Red Hat Society?

The Red Hat Society is a growing “disorganization” of women who meet middle age with humor and enthusiasm. The inspiration behind the Society lies in the poem “Warning” by Jenny Joseph, about a woman who decides that when she grows old she shall wear purple with a red hat.

A California woman named Sue Ellen Cooper, inspired by the poem, began giving vintage red hats with a copy of the poem as gifts to dear friends. The friends passed on more hats to their friends, and the soon the group found themselves going our to tea and lunch together dressed in their vintage red hats with purple dresses. Eventually the group became large enough to form a Society, with women proving there can be fun after fifty for women of all walks of life.

Photo: Claudia-Warning By Jenny Joseph On quilt made for a friend...

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Taliswoman Design Art Dolls Old Women Wearing Purple by Nancy Denommee

... Purple CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGES ~ BACK BUTTON TO RETURN This series is based on the Jenny Joseph poem, "Warning, When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple." Red Hat Lady in the Chair ...

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Sue's Two-Fold Page, Shelties & genealogy

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Warning, When I Am An Old Woman

When I Am An Old Woman.com welcomes you to learn just about everything you ever wanted to know about the popular poem Warning, by Jenny Joseph. "Warning, When I Am An Old Woman" Large Gift ...

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Jenny Joseph's poem "Warning" from Red Hat Funtasia

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Warning - Jenny Joseph - Poem by

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Warning: When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

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Jenny Joseph - Warning

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Fighting invisibility, one hat at a time

...founded an organization called the Red Hat Society, based on the first two lines in Jenny Joseph's poem 'Warning' and aimed at fun, fellowship...

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Photo: Claudia-Warning Qlt: Claudia- made this quilt for her friend

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