Women in piracy
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While piracy was predominantly a male activity or occupation, a significant minority of historical pirates have been female. Female pirates, like other women in crime, faced unique issues in practicing this occupation and in punishment for it.
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Historical female pirates
- Charlotte Badger, widely considered to be the first Australian female pirate
- Anne Bonny, lover of "Calico Jack" Rackham
- Ching Shih
- Mary Crickett
- Jaquotte Delahaye
- Jeanne-Louise de Belleville, the "Lioness of Brittany"
- Anne Dieu-Le-Veut
- Alice "Pirate Aunty" Fish
- Catherine Hagerty
- Lady Mary Killigrew
- Grace O'Malley, The Sea Queen Of Connemara
- Mary Read, a crossdressing female pirate
- Sadie the Goat, who headbutted her victims before taking their money
- Rachel Wall, considered to be the first American female pirate
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Female pirates whose existence is disputed
- Awilda, the runaway daughter of a 5th century Scandinavian king
- Charlotte De Berry, a supposed pirate captain in the 17th century.
- Maria Lindsey, the wife of Captain Cobham
- Elizabeth Shirland aka "Cutlass Liz," a supposed survivor of the ill-fated Roanoke Colony
- Sofia, the first Swedish pirate.
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Female pirates in fiction
While most fictional and dramatic depictions of pirates have been male, some notable female pirates have been depicted.
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- Cutthroat Island
- Elaine Marley (in Monkey Island series of games)
- Multiple fictional depictions of Anne Bonny and Mary Read
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References
- David Cordingly, Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives
- John Druett, She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
- Sara Lorimer, Booty: Girl Pirates on the High Seas. Chronicle Books, 2002.
- James L. Nelson, The Only Life That Mattered
- Sandra Riley, Sisters of the Sea
- Jo Stanley, Bold in Her Breeches
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See also
- Amazon feminism
- List of lists of women
- Women in the workforce
- Female crime
- Feminist school of criminology
- Piracy
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