Today we raise our fists high and put our hands together in celebration of our Feature Girl Warrior, author and vintage costume historian, Norma Shephard, the founder and director of the Mobile Millinery Museum, a unique traveling museum whose “working hats” have raised funds for diverse causes; from homeless teens in rural Ontario, to cancer research and diagnostic equipment, to a women’s and children’s shelter in Israel. Norma’s use of hats, shoes, and bridal gowns as cultural story blocks to prompt the telling of tales, myths, and legends transforms audience members into folklore informants, eager to share their own reminiscences. She has appeared on Canada A.M., CBC Morning, CBC Fresh Air, CBC Ontario Today, CH Morning Live, Breakfast Television, Canadian Living Television, This Morning Live, Main Street, CKCO, The Source, and Neighbour to Neighbour and has been featured in numerous print media. Norma is the subject of a biography by Patricia Boyle, entitled The Hat Lady. In 1985 she earned a Canadian Achiever’s Award for entrepreneurship and since founding her museum in 1999, has penned and photographed Accessorizing the Bride; Vintage Wedding Finery Through the Decades, 1000 Hats, In Step With Fashion: 200 Years of Shoe Styles, Lingerie; Two Centuries of Luscious Design and Dear Harry; The Firsthand Account of a World War I Infantryman. Col. Gordon Atkinson. As an editor and writing coach, Norma has assisted others in achieving their dream of being published. She has written for Canadian and American magazines, and her latest book Darlings of Dress; Children’s Costume 1860-1920 is available now from Schiffer Books and amazon.com. And to all these extraordinary accomplishments we tip our hats and say YES!, Norma Shephard is the founder and director of the Mobile Millinery Museum, a unique travelling museum whose 'working hats' have raised funds for diverse causes, from homeless teens in rural Ontario, to cancer research and diagnostic equipment, to a women’s and children’s shelter in Israel., Today we raise our fists high and put our hands together in celebration of our Feature Girl Warrior, author and vintage costume historian, Norma Shephard, the founder and director of the Mobile Millinery Museum, a unique traveling museum whose “working hats” have raised funds for diverse causes; from homeless teens in rural Ontario, to .