You cannot buy a hat without your husband's permission if you are a married woman.

The Law

Harkening back to the days of extreme patriarchy, a local Owensboro ordinance stated that a married woman must have her husband's physical blessing to purchase a hat. Lawmakers supposedly passed this to prevent women from spending the family's modest income on lavish, fashionable millinery. It is a glaring example of outdated coverture laws that have long since been rendered unconstitutional.