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Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Female Pirates and Maritime Women


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My New Article:
Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Female Pirates and Maritime Women
This will be the kind of article you'll come back to several times. It is packed with information on the two female pirates. It presents their history as presented in the historical record and then discusses the fictional aspects of their mythos, including how a 1960s fiction work accidentally led to the creation of the "facts" surrounding Anne's birth.
 
But for those of you who are also interested in context, there are sections about other women who interacted with pirates, including the only other female pirate of the 1680-1740 period. There is also a section on maritime women that outlines many ways women interacted with sailors. For those of you who ask, "what did women do in the Golden Age of Piracy?" You will have a great starting point of reference in that section.
 
Enjoy, and happy Mothers Day.
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