Anne Bonny and Mary Read are just two of the famous female ... pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra (who terrorized the Mediterranean during the mid-16th-century) or Queen Elizabeth I’s woman sea ...

From the Caribbean to China, there are actual accounts of female pirates dating back thousands of years, showing us that pirating wasn’t just for men. Curious? Click on to discover the women who ...

While most pirates were men, there were women in these ... born the bastard of a sea captain's widow. While Bonny was said to wear clothes that identified her as female, Read had a long history ...

For centuries, female ... woman hung for her crimes. Read died in prison from a fever, and it is speculated that Bonny's wealthy father came to her rescue and brought her back to South Carolina in the ...

In "Young Woman and the Sea," "Star Wars" actress Daisy Ridley dives into the role of a pioneering female athlete whose ... includes blockbusters like "The Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise ...

But men were not the only swashbucklers. Female pirates plundered alongside them, sometimes even commanded them. The unsung stories of seafaring women is now being told. This hour On Point ...