Mary Reade, female pirate (died 1721)
According to verified history, several female pirates who roamed the seas, killing and robbing sailors, noblemen and even kings at will were more cruel than their male colleges. However, they were also considered very adept at what they were doing, dressed up in male attire not to be hampered by women's clothes.
Anne Bonny, female pirate (disappeared 1720)
The majority of pirates have been men, but still, at one time there seems to have been around 100 female pirates, some in command of entire pirate fleets. Others occupied secondary roles, being the home providers of male pirates. They sold the loot obtained by other pirates, male or female, and provided escape possibilities for them. Some of the pirates had obtained protection from royal patrons like e.g. Elizabeth I of England who had what's called "Sea Dogs" as part of the fleet defending her country. Pirates they were, but some gained fame and a higher social standing that way.
Francis Drake (1591)
Some of the most notorious "Sea Dogs" were: Francis Drake, Humphrey Gilbert, John Hawkins, Walter Raleigh, Richard Hawkins, Richard Grenville, Martin Frobisher, John Davis.
Two men fighting? No, Mary Read killing a male opponent
One of the main reasons why female pirates dressed like men was that rules prohibited women on male pirate ships, as they were seen as the natural targets for lustful males. However, the female pirates made their own rules when the crew was all female as e.g. with the mythical pirate princess, Alvilda. She was made out to be a Swedish Viking princess who fled a marriage with the Danish king/prince Alf, whom she for some obscure reason resented: Obscure for being a 90% fairy tale or legend, and not a historical fact. Anyway, according to this legend they fell in love after fighting each other - and the rest is a romantic fairy tale of the pirate princess becoming the Queen of Denmark ....
https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/awilda-tale-of-a-pirate-queen/
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