By Grace Rozembajgier ’23 On November 14, 1816, Marie Pourciau entered the courtroom in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana, seeking to divorce her husband and reclaim the property she had brought to the marriage. The case, lasting just over a year, mysteriously ended with Pourciau withdrawing her claim. Nonetheless, the nearly three handwritten pages of courtContinue reading “Coverture in the Courts: Marie Pourciau’s Legal Battle for Divorce “
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