Search results
Far from being sultry beauties with low-cut bodices and high-cut skirts, the two most notorious female pirates – Anne Bonny and Mary Read – kept their gender hidden under baggy men’s clothing. The late 17 th century was not a time of gender fluidity like it is today. Nor was it a time when women had much agency over their own lives.
Although the majority of pirates in history have been men, [1] there are around a hundred known examples of female pirates, [2] [a] about forty of whom were active in the Golden Age of Piracy. [4] Some women have been pirate captains and some have commanded entire pirate fleets.
12 kwi 2017 · Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. From ancient Norse princess Alfhild to ...
6 maj 2017 · Pirate women simply dressed in men’s clothing and joined crews anyway. They proved their worth through their wits, guts, and contributions. They had to be swifter, smarter, and even braver than their counterparts—and to cuss, fight, and kill with the best of them.
4 sty 2022 · There was the American pirate Rachel Wall, who plundered alongside her husband in the late 18th century. These women did just about everything male pirates did, from fighting to cleaning the...
27 maj 2024 · Throughout history, the image of the pirate has been almost invariably male—a bearded, rum-swilling scoundrel with a parrot on his shoulder and a treasure map in his pocket. But in reality, women have played a significant role in piracy since ancient times, from the Illyrian Queen Teuta to the infamous Anne Bonny and Mary Read.
8 lip 2020 · In the meantime while waiting for a new pirate film with a female lead, we’ll take a quick look at some of the myths and realities of female pirates during the so-called Golden Age of Piracy in the Americas from roughly 1655 to 1730.
