Merryville Women are prohibited from wearing corsets because “the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male.” By
Stafford County It is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm. By
Elizabeth It is forbidden for a woman, on a Sunday, to walk down Broad Street without wearing a petticoat. By
Turkey All married women must get their husband’s permission if they wish to have a job, they must live wherever the husband wishes to reside, and they must forfeit all jointly held assets upon divorce from her husband. By
Huntington It is legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps. By