PART 3 The courthouse smelled like wet coats, old paper, and coffee that had been burned for too many hours.

period.”

Savannah felt the word land.

Capacity.

There it was.

The new weapon.

When a woman was obedient, she was graceful.

When she was tired, she was unstable.

When she said no, suddenly she lacked capacity.

Margaret stood slowly.

“Your Honor, opposing counsel’s argument rests on the idea that childbirth makes a woman legally incompetent. We reject that completely.continue reading …