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 Holmes Mary Anne Holmes Mary Anne Holmes (10 October 1773 – 10 March 1805) was an Irish poet and writer. Holmes was born Mary Anne Emmet on 10 October 1773 in Dublin. She was one of the four surviving children of Dr Robert Emmet, state physician of Ireland, and Elizabeth Emmet (née Mason). As a young woman she was noted for her intelligence and was a classical scholar. Her father lauded her "good character" and was very hopeful she would make a good wife. Much like her brothers, Robert and Thomas Addis, she was interested in politics and was a member