Who is the Exalted Queen Mother?
A. As mentioned above and in the “start my own chapter” question on this page, members of the Red Hat Society often give themselves titles. “Queen Mother” is the title Sue Ellen Cooper gave herself, tongue in cheek, when she and her friends started the first group. Other titles were: “Vice-Mother,” the Queen Mother’s right-hand woman and the mother of vices, so to speak; “Anti-parliamentarian” for the one who enforces the rule that there are no rules; “Barristress” for the lawyer in the group; “Mistress of Anxiety” who worries about other members’ problems for them so they don’t have to; and on it goes.
