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 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