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The female Pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny. From a print originally published in 1720. Mary Read (c.1690–1721), also known as Mark Read, was an English pirate. She and Anne Bonny are two of the most famed female pirates of all time; they are the only two women known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy. (KEYSTONE/World History Archive/)