Red Hat Society

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While the group gathered world recognition in the 21st century, there were women in parts of Alberta already leading this fashion movement. In the late 60s, a small group of women formed the 'purple and red hat club'. The very same principles which got world acclamation in 2011, was happening in a small town in Innisfail. Elizabeth Potter, was one of the founding members of the group in Alberta. She too cited the Joseph poem. Her grandson remembers fondly of times when she would be clad in purple and red. Before her death in 1987, she gifted him with a purple and red hat club pin. He still has this pin today. The Red Hat Society (RHS) is an international social organization that was founded in 1998 in the United States for women age 50 and beyond, but now open to women of all ages.

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