Anne Bonny did for Governor Rogers. While in the Bahamas, Bonny began mingling with pirates in the local taverns. She met John "Calico Jack" Rackham, captain of the pirate sloop "Revenge", and Rackham became her lover. Rackham offered Bonny's husband, James Bonny, money in exchange for her with the purpose of divorcing, but her husband refused. Anne and Rackham escaped the island together and Bonny became a member of Rackham's crew. She disguised herself as a man on the ship and only Rackham and eventually Mary Read were privy to her true sex. When it became clear that Anne was with child,
Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas (born 26 February 1963) is an Australian politician. She has been an Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electorate of Macedon. Mary-Anne studied at Wodonga High School, completed her teaching degree at the Melbourne College of Advanced Education and holds a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations from Victoria University and a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Melbourne. Mary-Anne worked for 25 years across public, private and community sectors. She began her career as a secondary teacher, then worked in the union movement before becoming an advisor