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Mary Read and Anne Bonny are featured in the novel The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara. Mary Read appears with Anne Bonny as the primary protagonist in the Well-Behaved Women series of books.
- c. 1708–1721
- c. 1680–1695, Kingdom of England
Ann Bonny and Mary Read. (Engraved by Benjamin Cole (1695–1766)) Yes, there were women pirates! And Bonny (left) and Read were among the most famous. Dressed in men’s clothes, they fought side-by-side with other pirates—many of whom believed the two women were men.
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Aug 9, 2018 · Learn about the lives and adventures of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy. Discover how they disguised themselves as men, fought bravely, and escaped hanging.
May 9, 2024 · Mary Read (born c. 1695, England—buried April 28, 1721, St. Catherine, Jamaica) was an English pirate of the early 18th century who, with her crewmate Anne Bonny, became legendary as one of the few female pirates.
Feb 25, 2024 · Anne Bonny and Mary Read were a pair of cross-dressing pirates, who became the fiercest female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy. In the years between 1700 and 1725, affectionately known as the “Golden Age of Piracy,” the high seas were ruled by legendary swashbucklers like Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts.
Jan 19, 2022 · In November 1720, a pair of women named Anne Bonny and Mary Read took the stand in Spanish Town, Jamaica, accused of piracy in the Caribbean. Their surviving victims, Dorothy Thomas and Thomas Spenlow, recounted harrowing attacks in which the women fired their pistols at will, struck people with their cutlasses, swore, cursed, and even fought ...
Aug 9, 2011 · Mary died in 1711, at which point the teenaged Anne began exhibiting a “fierce and courageous temper,” reportedly murdering a servant girl with a case knife and beating half to death a suitor who...
