White Bonnets In most cases, the only time you see an Amish woman wearing a white bonnet is after she is married. Its essentially a symbol that she is a lifelong relation and “off the market” so to speak. If a man sees an Amish woman wearing a white bonnet, he will know that shes already married.

Can you marry an Amish girl?

Marriage in the Amish community is seen as a passage into adulthood. To get married in the Amish community, members must be baptized in the church. Outsiders, non-Amish, or English, as they call the rest of the world, are not permitted to marry within the Amish community.