Mary Read (died 1721) was an English pirate. She is chiefly remembered as one of only two women (her comrade, Anne Bonny, was the other) known to have been convicted of piracy during the early 18th century, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Read more about Mary Read: Early Life, Becoming A Pirate, Capture and Imprisonment, References in Popular Culture
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