Anne Bonny support. However, it is known that, some time between 1714 and 1718, she and James Bonny moved to Nassau, on New Providence Island, known as a sanctuary for English pirates called the Republic of Pirates. Many inhabitants received a King's Pardon or otherwise evaded the law. It is also recorded that, after the arrival of Governor Woodes Rogers in the summer of 1718, James Bonny became an informant for the governor. James Bonny would report to Governor Rogers about the pirates in the area, which resulted in a multitude of these pirates being arrested. Bonny disliked the work her husband
Grace Mary Stern Helander. Her papers are held in the archives of the University of Illinois at Chicago. As noted by the Illinois General Assembly in their memorial resolution, Stern received numerous humanitarian awards in her lifetime, and a scholarship was established in her memory at Roosevelt University. Grace Mary Stern Grace Mary Stern (née Dain; July 10, 1925 – May 17, 1998) was an American Democratic politician who served in both houses of the Illinois legislature, but was unsuccessful in her 1982 run for Lieutenant Governor, which would have made her the first woman in Illinois history to hold elected statewide office.