So a ring can give her married status (7)
I believe the answer is:
signora
'her married status' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'so a ring can' is the wordplay.
'can' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'canned' mean this (canned can mean drunk)).
'so'+'a'+'ring'='soaring'
'soaring' with letters rearranged gives 'SIGNORA'.
'give' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for signora that I've seen before include "married woman in Florence?" , "European lady" , "Italian equivalent of madam" , "Italian lady" , "lady from Italy" .)