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 shall ...

For more than a decade, the Red Hat Society has served as a supportive social organization for women who are looking to make friends or just have a little fun. Southernmost Illinois received it's ...

GREENFIELD — The table of seven gray-haired ladies was hard to miss. Decked in their signature red headwear and a variety of purple tops, the members of a local Red Hat Society cackled and conversed ...

Why we exist: Based on the popular poem that begins, "When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple/With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me," the Red Hat Society gives women an outlet away ...

A few weeks ago Valerie Harrison took her young daughter for a ride on the new light-rail line. The doors opened to a sea of purple and red and a lot of laughter. "I asked what it was all about, and ...