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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 September 2024. List of women pirates Zheng Yi Sao (1775–1844; right) as depicted in 1836 Part of a series on Women in society Society Women's history (legal rights) Woman Animal advocacy Business Female entrepreneurs Gender representation on corporate boards of directors Diversity (politics ...
Anne Bonny [a] (disappeared after 28 November 1720) [4] was a pirate who served under John "Calico Jack" Rackham. Amongst the few recorded female pirates in history, [5] she has become one of the most recognized pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as in the history of piracy in general. Much of Bonny's background is unknown.
At the time of her surrender, she personally commanded 24 ships and over 1,400 pirates. She died in 1844 at the age of about 68, having lived a relatively peaceful and prosperous life since the end of her career in piracy. Zheng Yi Sao has been described as history's most successful female pirate and one of the most successful pirates in history.
Anne Bonny is one of the most famous female pirates of all time. She was known for her masculine wardrobe and harsh attitude. ... 1801, Ching Shih married Zheng Yi, a pirate commander. Her name ...
A female pirate, she later commanded her own ship. Her story first appeared in 1836 and she may have been fictional. Lancelot Blackburne: 1653–1743 1680–1684 England Blackburne was an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. Eduardo Blomar: d. 1679 1670s Spain
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Pirates. It includes pirates that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. The main article for this category is Women in piracy .
English Heritage has recruited its first female pirate. Freyja Eagling, 18, will take part in re-enactments at Pendennis, Dover and Scarborough castles this summer as part of a new series of live ...
Mary Read (died April 1721), was an English pirate.She and Anne Bonny were among the few female pirates during the "Golden Age of Piracy".. Read was likely born in England. General History says she began dressing as a boy at a young age, at first at her mother's urging in order to receive inheritance money and then as a teenager in order to join the British milit