Meet the Most Notorious Women in Pirate History

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Why is the woman pirate Zheng Yi Sao not as well known as the male pirate Blackbeard? Zheng Yi Sao had a fleet of 1,200 ships at the height of her powers whereas Blackbeard had just four or five. From Anne Bonny to Zheng Yi Sao, join us as we explore the incredible and unsung stories of history’s most notorious women pirates.

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Rogue History
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Chapter Selection:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Pirate women defied expectations
01:10 Women were considered bad luck
01:50 Anne Bonny and Mary Read
02:39 Rachel Wall
03:14 The most vulnerable women aboard these ships
03:29 Zheng Yi Sao
04:26 Sayyida Al Hurra
05:33 Grace O Malley
06:22 Queen Teuta
07:05 The names we will never know