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"Warning" was identified as the UK's "most popular post-war poem" in a 1996 poll by the BBC. The opening lines "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me" were the inspiration for the Red Hat Society. [6] [7]
In the fall of 1997, Sue Ellen Cooper, an artist from Fullerton, California, bought a red hat on a trip to Tucson, Arizona. Cooper then bought another red hat and gave it to a friend as a birthday gift. Cooper was inspired by the Jenny Joseph poem, "Warning", which was popularized by a Reader's Digest article written by Liz Carpenter. [2]
Carpenter wrote an article for the Reader's Digest in the early 1980s, about enjoying life having recovered from an illness, closing the article with the poem "Warning" by British poet Jenny Joseph, which had the opening lines "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me".
An image of Jenny Joseph modeling for a reference photo used by artist Michael Deas as the basis for the Columbia Pictures logo, shot in the New Orleans apartment of photographer Kathy Anderson ...
" I feel that this needs clarification. My first thought was of the Nation's Favourite Poems poll from 1995, which actually listed Rudyard Kipling at number one. The BBC interview given in the sources mentions that Warning was "twice voted the nation's favourite post-war poem", but doesn't say who conducted the poll. I admit that I haven't ...
Jenny was one such cat who served as a mascot for the ship and also worked to keep the rats at bay. Not much is known about the feline, but in the years since the incident, various fascinating ...
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