Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon

This book was published in 2022. Simon uses the name Mark as Mary’s alias, but admits there is no evidence for its use. When Mary is 13 her mother tells her she is a girl, and for some reason Mary works as a maid (as a girl), instead of a footboy like Johnson said. Mary… Continue reading Pirate Queens: The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read by Rebecca Alexandra Simon

Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death

This article was published in the September 7, 1907 issue of the Victoria Daily Times. It says Mary Read lived in France when she married her soldier husband, who dies a few years later, and Anne Bonney dresses as a man to elope with her husband. They are arrested and tried as men, and it's… Continue reading Masqueraded As Men: Women, Who Sailed on Pirate Ships, Once Sentenced to Death

Wolves of the Sea: Two Women Pirates by MV Campbell

This article was published in the June 1909 issue of Uncle Sam's Magazine. When Mary Read joins a privateer crew that turns pirate, Jack Rackam and Ann Bonny are a married couple and both on the crew. Ann's family disowned her when she married him. Mary's new lover is a painter whom Jack recruits to… Continue reading Wolves of the Sea: Two Women Pirates by MV Campbell

Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon

This book was published in 2020. Simon says that Jack Rackham was born on December 26, 1682 and Mary Read was born in 1685. Her mother does not tell her she is a girl. Anne Bonny's mother dies in childbirth, and her father takes her to London where he practices law. His in-laws find out… Continue reading Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever by Rebecca Simon

Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History

This reference book was published in 2022 and includes an entry for Anne Bonny. Her parents are William Cormac and Mary Brennan and Anne is born while her mother is in jail. They move to Charleston, and then she and James Bonny move to the Bahamas between 1714 and 1718. Anne has a son with… Continue reading Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments Through History