Mary Read She accepted the King's pardon c. 1718–1719, then took a commission to privateer, but joined the crew in mutiny. In 1720 she joined pirate John "Calico Jack" Rackham and his companion, Anne Bonny, who both believed her to be a man. On 22 August 1720, the three stole an armed sloop named "William" from port in Nassau. Scholars are uncertain how female pirates like Read and Bonny concealed their sex in a male-dominated environment. Some scholars, however, have theorized that the wearing of breeches by female pirates may have been either a method of hiding their identity or simply as
Mary Anne Richey by Judge James Augustine Walsh. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 1976, and received her commission the same day. Richey served in that capacity until her death of cancer on November 25, 1983. Mary Anne Richey Mary Anne Richey (October 24, 1917 – November 25, 1983) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Born Mary Anne Reimann in Shelbyville, Indiana, Richey was in the United States Army, Women's Army Service Pilots during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. She received a Bachelor of Laws