Instantly Mrs.Davis's attention was called to the fact that in Louisiana, where she was then living, no woman may witness a document.

Women's signatures are worthless.
In Louisiana your disabilities actually begin when you become an engaged girl.

From that happy moment on you are under the dominance of a man.
Your wedding presents are not yours, but his.

If you felt like giving a duplicate pickle-fork to your mother, you could not legally do so, and after you were married, if your husband wanted that pickle-fork, he could get it.

Your clothing, your dowry, become community property as soon as the marriage ceremony is over, and community property in Louisiana is controlled absolutely by the husband.