I know that there are a great many women who like having taken their husband's surname when they got married but the custom seems totally archaic to me. Surely it's a vestige of a time when the woman had no legal rights - or responsibilities-, a time that surely is long past.

As dear Paul said, If a wife does not understand what was said (at church) she is to keep quiet and when they return home her husband will explain it to her.

That is just one end of the spectrum- the attitude persisted until as recently as 30 years or so ago. Yep. I can see commemorating such a time.