Anne Bonny is one of the most famous female pirates of all time. She was known for her masculine wardrobe and harsh attitude. Bonny was born near Cork, Ireland, around 1698 as the illegitimate ...

Superstitions from the heyday of pirates - the late 17th and early 18th centuries - meant women weren't ordinarily ... and Mary Read is perhaps the most famous. She dressed as a boy to seek ...

Forgotten Women is a series dedicated to giving women ... round badass – defied convention to become Ireland’s most famous pirate queen, at a time when most clans, as well as the seas, were ...