I think it is a great idea....but I hate purple..the red I like but I would not want to wear purple....LOL...the concept is great I think...also I am not all that keen on being noticed....if it feminism who cares...
It is a great idea moondancerinred and I know some society members.
How about now, starting up something to build up Mens Self-Esteems over 50?
Seems like its only fair.
Many many men in their 50s+ are neglected and overlooked as well.
No, it's not a take on feminism but women getting together to have a good time. Women Over 50. Some groups also do some notable civic work, too. Some cities boast many chapters, at least half a dozen in the KC area alone. I went to a few meetings and really enjoyed myself, the last one a fun party. The women there ranged from 50 to 88 and we had an enjoyable time.
Getting together with women one's own age and just socializing is good enough reason to be, doncha think?
Red Hat Society
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The Red Hat Society (RHS) is a social organization founded in 1998 for women approaching the age of 50 and beyond. As of July 2009, there are nearly 40,000 registered members and almost 24,000 chapters in the United States and 25 other countries. The Red Hat Society is the largest women’s social group in the world.
] History
The founder of the Society is artist Sue Ellen Cooper, who lives in Fullerton, California. In 1997, Cooper gave a friend a 55th birthday gift consisting of a red fedora purchased a year earlier at a thrift store along with a copy of Jenny Joseph's poem
"Warning." The opening lines of the poem read:
“ When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me."
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Cooper repeated the gift on request several times, and eventually several of the women bought purple outfits and held a tea party.[1]
Cooper never set out to ignite an international phenomenon. However, after spreading by word of mouth, the Society first received national publicity in 2000 through the magazine Romantic Homes[1] and a feature in The Orange County Register.[2] Cooper then established a "Hatquarters" to field the hundreds of e-mail requests for help starting chapters. She now serves as "Exalted Queen Mother", and has written two best-selling books about the Society.[2]
[edit] Organization
The Red Hat Society’s primary purpose is social interaction among women, and to encourage fun, friendship, freedom and fulfillment. The goal is for members to bond as they travel through life together. The Society is not a sorority or a voluntary service club. There are no initiations or fundraising projects.
A founder or leader of a local chapter is usually referred to as a "Queen". Members are called "Red Hatters". Members 50 and over wear red hats and purple attire to all functions. A woman under age 50 may also become a member, but she wears a pink hat and lavender attire to the Society's events until reaching her 50th birthday. She is referred to as a “Pink Hatter.”
There are two ways of belonging to the Red Hat Society: as a Queen (usually leader of a local chapter; however, no Queen is required to lead a chapter) and as a Supporting Member. Membership dues are paid annually to the Red Hat Society.
] Activities
Both Red and Pink Hatters often wear very elaborately decorated hats, and attention-getting fashion accessories, such as a feather boa, at the group's get-togethers. The Society's events vary depending on the chapter, but one of the most common pastimes among Red Hatters is attending or hosting a tea party.
Chapters often work together to host large regional events, and Hatquarters hosts several official Red Hat Society events each year.
The official Red Hat Society day is April 25 each year.
In 2006, a musical titled, Hats! The New Musical for the Rest of Your Life and inspired by the Red Hat Society, made its debut.
The organization has published several books:
• Red Hat Society: Fun and Friendship after 50
• Red Hat Society's Laugh Lines: Stories of Inspiration and Hattitude
• Designer Scrapbooks the Red Hat Society Way
• Sassy, Classy, and Still Sparkling
• Red Hats and the Women Who Wear Them
• The Red Hat Society Cookbook and Eat Dessert First (both featuring recipes submitted by members.)
Other books, both fictional and non-fictional, display the personalities of women who call themselves Red Hatters.
[edit] In popular culture
Homage is paid to the Red Hat Society in an episode of The Simpsons, "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas", when Marge joins a group called the Cheery Red Tomatoes. In Brian Crane's comic strip Pickles, the character Opal is a member of the Red Hat Society. In an episode of the show Still Standing, "Still Cruising," Bill's mother Louise is a member of the Red Hat Society and tricks Judy, her daughter-in-law, into going on a Red Hat Society cruise with her.
In Corner Gas, a Canadian sitcom, one of the main characters, Lacey Burrows, joins the "Purple Hat Society", a reference to the Red Hat Society
In the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm a Red Hatter is shown sitting with the College of Cardinals. One of the cardinals informs her, "Madame, this is not that kind of red hat society."
The Red Hat Society is featured on an episode of the CBC show The Week the Women Went, wherein a contingent of members descend on the small Canadian town of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, to visit the shops, restaurants and services while the women of the town are away on vacation.
The Red Hat Society is parodied in an episode of the children's cartoon Chowder, called "The Big Hat Bitties." In the episode Truffles is auditioning for a place in the Marzipan Big Hat Bitties, where she must impress the local leader—similar to an RHS Queen—in order to join the club.
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I'll say one thing, you gals know how to have a good time. I'll credit you all with that. I have an aunt in Georgia who was a member and my late wife Maggie was as well. As I say, I just wish us men could form a similar society. Goodness knows, men need this kind of outlet as well.
WOW, GG you always give such great info...I would be more likely to go if I did not have to wear such colorful clothes as I am shy believe it or not
Pamela4: I've seen their outfits. My Aunt Margie has the Hat with the feather in it. Maggie (my late wife) still has a purple pillow here. I still keep it to remember her by. Its all in fun..you should check it out. Good informaition GG.
Greg, you could always start something for men over 50. Call it the Red Pants Society.
