Mary Read Mary Read Mary Read (1685 – 28 April 1721), also known as Mark Read, was an English pirate. She and Anne Bonny are two of the most famed female pirates of all time, and among the few women known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy. Mary Read was illegitimately born in England in 1685. Her mother had married a sailor and had a son. After her husband disappeared at sea, Mary's mother became pregnant from an affair. Read's mother attempted to hide the pregnancy by going
Mary Anne Sadlier Mary Anne Sadlier Mary Anne Sadlier (December 30, 1820—April 5, 1903) was an Irish author. Born Mary Anne Madden in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Sadlier published roughly sixty novels and numerous stories. She wrote for Irish immigrants in both the United States and Canada, encouraging them to attend mass and retain the Catholic faith. In so doing, Sadlier also addressed the related themes of anti-Catholicism, the Irish Famine, emigration, and domestic work. Her writings are often found under the name "Mrs. J. Sadlier". Upon the death of her father, Francis, a merchant, Mary Madden emigrated to Sainte-Marthe, Quebec in 1844,