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The Fascinating History of Female and Gay Pirates

Learn about female pirates and their intriguing relationships in the 17th-18th centuries.
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Did you know there were female pirates and some of them may have even been romantically involved with each other? Dr. Rebecca Simon is a historian of piracy from the 17th and 18th century and has a PhD public executions of pirates.

She is currently studying the fascinating history of female pirates, specifically Anne Bonny and Mary Read.

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