Summary Various women pirates are mentioned, though the main focus is on Mary Read, elevated by her grandmother as a boy since age 4, while Rachel, her mother, was away living with her husband aboard ships. At the grandmother's death, Rachel returned home, but as a barmaid it was only natural to keep pretending that Mary was a young man, as protection against sexual harassment from the sailors and pirates. It comes naturally to this redhead Mary to enter the adventurous life of pirates, and cross the paths of Calico Jack and Anne Bonney, herself a woman pirate.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Tarquin Shaw-Young Sara Mair-Thomas Anna Thomas Gareth Morris
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C) Psychology News Gaelic Television Committee
Summary Various women pirates are mentioned, though the main focus is on Mary Read, elevated by her grandmother as a boy since age 4, while Rachel, her mother, was away living with her husband aboard ships. At the grandmother's death, Rachel returned home, but as a barmaid it was only natural to keep pretending that Mary was a young man, as protection against sexual harassment from the sailors and pirates. It comes naturally to this redhead Mary to enter the adventurous life of pirates, and cross the paths of Calico Jack and Anne Bonney, herself a woman pirate.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C) Psychology News Gaelic Television Committee
