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Women Pirate Fact File
~ Throughout history there were many Famous Female Pirates ~ Anne Bonny and Mary Read are amongst the most Famous Female Pirates ~ Women Pirates often disguised themselves as males which wasn't difficult because a sailors clothes were baggy ~ Rachel Young disguised herself and used the name Billy ~ The estimated number of female Pirates is 40
Famous Female Pirates
16th Century Grace O' Malley (Granuaile) Lady Killigrew Mrs. Peter Lambert of Aldeburgh Sida al Hurra 17th Century Anne Bonney (sometimes spelled Anne Bonny) Mary Read Pirate Anne Dieu-le-veut Elizabetha Patrickson Jacquotte Delahaye La Marquise de Freesne Mary Cricket (Crichett) Mary Harvey (Harley)
Rachel Wall
18th Century Catherine Hagerty Margaret Jordan Ching Yih Saou
19th- 20th Century Catherine Hagerty Charlotte Badger Huang P'ei-mei Lai Sho Sz'en (Lai Choi San) Linda Margaret Jordan Sadie the goat Wong
Women Pirate Fact File
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