The Red Hat Society is a social organization originally formed for women age 50 and older, but it is now open to younger people. Members are known for wearing brightly colored clothing and ...

Red Hat Society Fees and Titles. Prospective Red Hatters can pay $30 a year for entry-level membership. That includes a welcome kit and access to chapter groups, ...

The Red Hat Society is a worldwide organization that encourages “women in their quest to get the most out of life,” as stated at redhatsociety.com. Frances Hibray, left, ...

Pay your dues. No one at Red Hat corporate returned phone calls, but local women have their own take on why the new dues were initiated. “It's just a way for the Red Hat Society to make money ...

"The Red Hat Society began as a result of a few women deciding to greet middle age with verve, humor and elan. We believe silliness is the comedy relief of life, and since we are all in it ...

How often have you gone into restaurants and noticed a table with ladies sitting around who are wearing red hats? There was probably a lot of laughing and fun going on. Those are ladies past 50 ...

Red hats are sweeping the country, 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 ...

Lovin' the red: Members of the Red Hat Society embrace sisterhood and a good time. Updated: Oct. 11, 2010, 3:38 p.m. Oct. 11, 2010, 3:38 p.m.

In 2004, her first book, “The Red Hat Society: Friendship and Fun After Fifty,” was published. Within days, it shot to No. 3 on The New York Times best-seller list.

Now, five years later, there are nearly 30 Red Hat Society chapters between Roanoke, Blacksburg, Rocky Mount and Vinton, groups with names such as the Star City Scarlet O'Hatters, ...

FULLERTON The financially strapped Red Hat Society is appealing to its more than 500,000 worldwide members to start paying $20 in annual dues to keep the women’s no-agenda organization afloat.

MARC Inc. has started a Red Hat Society chapter for disabled senior women, and its director hopes that the group will be able to interact with different chapters on a monthly basis. Marion Porter ...