Fun Holidays - Red Hat Society Day

Today, the World Health Organization calls the age from 44 to 60 average, although back in 2005 most people considered the half-century mark to be old age Youth included the carefree years of youth, while the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates called the age period from 15 to 42 years maturity At the beginning of the twentieth century in the novel “Mother” by M Gorky, a 40-year-old woman was called an old woman Nowadays everything has changed According to sociological surveys, the new borders correlate with the worldview of modern man Men and women do not want to grow old, paying, despite their biological age, great attention to their appearance, maintaining sanity of mind and sobriety of spirit The fair sex is especially sensitive to the arrival of the golden age of life Women who decided to destroy the stereotypes existing in society came up with an unusual holiday - the funny Day of the Red Hat Society, which is celebrated on April 25 The celebration was established on the initiative of the Red Hat Society organization founded in 1998 in the USA Initially, its members were ladies 50 years and older who wanted to enrich their lives with new acquaintances and communication with like-minded people Today, the doors of the Red Hat Society, whose Hatquarters headquarters are located in California, are open to women of all ages The Most Noble Queen Mother of the community is the founder - US resident Sue Ellen Cooper Its famous Red Bonnet Society got its name from the poet Jenny Joseph from Great Britain The poem "Warning", first published in 1961, was recognized 35 years later as the most popular post-war work His poetic lines inspired not only the artist Cooper, but also millions of women around the world to accept their age: In the late 90s, the founder of the Red Hat Society, while traveling in Arizona, bought one red hat for herself, and a second bowler hat from an antique store for a friend for her 55th birthday Later, E Cooper made similar gifts to other friends Thus, in a playful manner, she welcomed the onset of middle age among women, calling for them to treat this with joy, a slight dose of irony and rebellion, like the lyrical heroine Jenny Joseph from her cult poem: On April 25, 1998, the artist’s friends and like-minded people had a tea party, dressed in red hats and lavender-colored dresses The tradition became annual, marking the beginning of the Red Hat Society Day celebration According to the charter, only a woman over 50 years old can wear purple clothes and a red hat to the meeting The popularity of the society was brought by the publication of articles about him in one of the Californian newspapers and the Romantic Homes magazine By early 2011, there were more than 40,000 branches of the organization in the United States, which were also opened abroad in 30 countries Supporters of the movement not only gather for tea parties, but also organize joint trips to nature, theater and cinema trips In 2004-2005 Cooper has written and published books about the Red Hat Society, the interaction and friendship of women after fifty, their personal stories, which became a source of inspiration for members of the organization An unusual holiday is a hymn to the autumn of life, which comes along with wrinkles and gray hair, wisdom and inner harmony The holiday established by the Red Hat Society encourages all women to accept with joy any returnable changes and remain forever young at heart