Mary Read practical clothing that solidified their working place on board the ship among the other seamen. When Bonny told Read that she was a woman (apparently because she was attracted to her), Read revealed that she too was a woman. To abate the jealousy of her lover, Rackham, who suspected romantic involvement between the two, Bonny told him that Read was a woman. Speculation over the relationship between Bonny and Read led to images depicting the two in battle together. A victim of the pirates, Dorothy Thomas, left a description of Read and Bonny: They "wore men's jackets, and long trousers,
Mary-anne Scott Mary-anne Scott Mary-anne Scott is a writer, singer and musician. She lives in Havelock North, New Zealand, and is the mother of four sons and grandmother of two boys. Mary-anne Scott was one of nine children in a family where music played a large part. Each child was encouraged to learn two musical instruments (for Mary-anne, these were cello and guitar) and music practice times were strictly enforced. When school musicals were performed, their father wrote the music and their mother Joy Watson, herself a best-selling author of children's books, wrote the words. After years of writing short stories, Mary-anne