Summary: This episode is a panel discussion on Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the most well documented Western women pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy. They are known as cross-dressing pirates who worked on a ship captained by Calico Jack Rackham, who hid their sex from everyone except their lovers, and were possibly lovers themselves. But is that really all there is to their story? In this episode, Chick History explored the world of pirates and the world of Anne and Mary to see if we could separate fact from fiction and learn more about these two women who spent two months together on the same pirate ship and then died pregnant and alone in a prison, found guilty of piracy. Click here to play the Chickcast.Subscribe via Itunes.Download an mp3 or other formats here. RECOMMENDED READING The Republic of Pirates Women Sailors and Sailor's WomenShe Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the SeaSeafaring Women A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates CHICK NEWSJane Austen manuscript sells for more than £990,000 Iron Age Body Unearthed In Irish BogFirst Woman to Take Helm of Warship in Britain Egyptians styled their hair like Marilyn Monroe and Rihanna RECENTLY RELEASED BOOKS <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fchichist-20%2F8001%2F56171fa5-8bac-49de-9b0e-a1e5be32411c&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A>
