You may know Anne Bonny and Mary Reed, but most female pirates get left out of prominent pirate literature. In Pirate Women, Laura Sook Duncombe rights that wrong, with stories of the coolest women who sailed the seas.
Duncombe shares stories of who these women were, why they left their homes, and their most impressive deeds. Until reading this, I'm sad to say I had never heard of many of these pirates. But their successes certainly rival those of their male counterparts. Duncombe covers pirates from all over the globe, some of whom lived outside of the traditional Golden Age of Piracy. Each chapter focuses on a different woman, and overall the book is an exciting read.
For readers who have always been fascinated by pirates, this is a fun resource to add to your collection! You can find it at your local library here.
This book is aimed at adults, but if you have a younger reader with a love of pirates, Laura Duncombe also wrote a Young Adult version that covers many of these same pirate women! That version, A Pirate's Life for She is available here.