This April marks the 14th year of The Red Hat Society that unexpectedly began on that day. As Jenny Joseph states in the poem “Warning,” “When I am old I shall wear purple with a red hat tha ...

fueled by the formation of the Red Hat Society in 1998. It all came about because of a poem written by Jenny Joseph which begins, "When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple, With a red hat which ...

Chapters celebrate the Red Hat Society's birthday with special events ... We always read the poem" ("Warning," by Jenny Joseph) to open a gathering, says Margie Ethridge of the Red Hat Boomer ...

“I’d been inspired by that famous poem,” says ... tea dressed in red hats and purple clothes in July 2000, dozens of e-mails poured in asking, “What is the Red Hat Society and how can ...

were in full regalia: red hats and purple dresses, just as the poem instructed ... Soon, a second group formed, in Homosassa. The Red Hat Society Steel Magnolias, they call themselves.

Warning," the poem by Jenny Joseph that inspired the founder of the Red Hat Society and the group's trademark attire. Perhaps you have seen them: A band of older ladies decked out in red hats ...

The society has ... They wore red hats and purple dresses, inspired by a Jenny Joseph poem that begins, "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn't go and doesn ...

Cooper went on to found the Red Hat Society, “the place where there is fun after fifty.” As of 2011, there were over 40,000 chapters in the United States and 30 other countries.

In 10 years 40,000 chapters of the Red Hat Society have been established in 50 states and 30 countries. And all because one woman, Sue Ellen Cooper, took to heart the words of the poem "Warning ...

The ladies of the Red Hat Society were in town this past weekend ... “She gave Linda a poem about turning 50 and deserving to do whatever she wanted – like wearing red and purple even though ...

(Heidi Atter/CBC) The Red Hat Society started with a simple poem. The founder, Sue Ellen Cooper, gave her best friend a poem about letting loose when a person gets older. The poem came with a red hat.

A sea of red floppy hats, fancy bonnets and even caps dot the food court of Chesterfield Towne Center as ladies of the Red Hat Society gather ... she remembered a poem, “Warning,” by Jenny ...