RedHatTeasHers - Germantown Maryland

February 2012


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Queen Mum & Her Helpers

Queen Mother:
Cheryl Larson
Reduation Ceremonies:
Debra Carle
Calendar Coordinator:
Kate Lewis Brown
Membership:
Pat Maslin
Hostess Appreciations:
Margaret Tomczak
Biographies:
Patricia Tropoulos

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	RED HAT SOCIETY
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	DAZZLING NIFTY RED HATS - ANNAPOLIS
	BALTIMORE COUNTY RED CHICKS - BALTIMORE
	BRASSY N SASSY RED BERET SOCIETY - BALTIMORE
	FABULOUS FRIENDS - BALTIMORE
	RED HAT SOCIETY OF THE WESTERN SHORE - CHESAPEAKE
	BODACIOUS BELLES - COCKEYSVILLE
	WOW GALS - FREDERICK
	LADY CARDINALS - GAITHERSBURG
	RAVEN RED HATTERS - GLEN BURNIE
	RED HAT DELINQUENTS - GLEN BURNIE
	RED HAT CHICK CLICK - HAGERSTOWN
	ROUGE CHAPEAU TOOTSIES - HAMPSTEAD
	RAMBLIN' ROSIES - SEVERN
	RED HAT PRIDE - WESTMINSTER
	SIZZLIN' SCARLETS - WESTMINSTER

RedHatTeasHers - Germantown Maryland

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The Red Hat TeasHers in New York.

September 2003

How it all Started
While visiting a friend in Tucson several years ago, Sue Ellen Cooper impulsively bought a bright red fedora at a thrift shop, for no other reason than that it was cheap and, she thought, quite dashing. A year or two later she read the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph, which depicts an older woman in purple clothing with a red hat. Sue Ellen felt an immediate kinship with Ms. Joseph. She decided that her birthday gift to her dear friend, Linda Murphy, would be a vintage red hat and a copy of the poem. She has always enjoyed whimsical decorating ideas, so she thought the hat would look nice hanging on a hook next to the framed poem. Linda got so much enjoyment out of the hat and the poem that Sue Ellen gave the same gift to another friend, then another, then another. One day it occurred to these friends that they were becoming a sort of "Red Hat Society" and that perhaps they should go out to tea... in full regalia. They decided they would find purple dresses which didn't go with their red hats to complete the poem's image. The tea was a smashing success.

Soon, each of them thought of another woman or two she wanted to include, and they bought more red hats. Their group swelled to 18, and they began to encourage other interested people to start their own chapters (18 women don't fit well around a tea table). One of their members passed along the idea to a friend of hers in Florida, and their first "sibling" group was born. Sue Ellen's fondest hope is that these societies will proliferate far and wide. We have now held three successful Red Hat Society conventions — entire hotels filled with women of a certain age wearing red hats and purple outfits! Could world domination be far behind?

Warning
Jenny Joseph (1932-)

The Poem Begins -
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter...

REDHATTEASHERS - GERMANTOWN MARYLAND
Germantown, MD
phone: 301-916-0858

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