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Anne Bonny
‘I never knew a woman brought to sea in a ship that some mischief did not befall the vessel’. Admiral Cuthbert ...
Crinolines and bladders
‘Them that ask no questions isn’t told a lie, Watch the wall, my darling, while the gentlemen go by’ (Kipling: “The Smuggler’s ...
Deadlier than the male
The Female of the Species Rudyard Kipling When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the ...
Mary Read. Soldier, Adventurer, Pirate
“As to hanging, it is no great hardship. For were it not for that, every cowardly fellow would turn pirate ...
The art of relieving men of their money
Charlotte Walker In spite of their low status in society many female criminals were able to fight the system, and win. If women ...
The Roaring Girl
Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse Mary Frith was born at Barbican on Aldersgate Street in 1584, and grew up to be ...
The ultimate girl gang
For two hundred years, an all-female gang terrorized London. Known as the Forty Elephants, they were master shoplifters. While at work, ...
We're not really bad
We’re good girls “Any comment you make about gender is a generalisation,” says Tim Robertson, “but on the whole it is ...