More about Pirate Girls
Pink Pirate Parties – Pirate girl parties are becoming more common. A small touch of pink and sparkle added to any traditional pirate costume will make it more attractive to girls. As with most girl parties, pink is used more – their accessories, clothes, plates, cups and napkins are often all in pink. Now add in pink pirate hats, swords and parrots and there you go… Goodbye to Fairy Princesses and hello to Pirate Girls!
Most popular games played by kids at Pirate Parties are Relay Race, Walk the Plank and Treasure Hunt.
So as a pirate girl, where do you keep your money? For the perfect accessory, check out the Pink Skull Coin Purse Party Accessory . They also make terrific gifts for all the pirate girls who come to your party. There’s a zipper in back and an attached clip to make opening and carrying easy. A girl needs someplace to keep her treasure, no?
Traditionally, many female pirates were Scandinavian and from the British Isles (where many Vikings settled in previous years). it appears that when the Viking age ended, women pirates picked up the mantel as the scourge on the seas! Specifically, these women were first recorded as she-captains in the Danish Gesta Danorum. The Gesta Danorum, where their herstories were recorded, was written down in the twelfth century by Saxo Grammaticus (translated as “Saxo the Literate”).
Anne Bonny – Mary Read – Grace O’Malley – Ching Shih, were just as likely to slit your throat for a bit of treasure as any man. Some of the most notorious pirates in history were, in fact, women. But they weren’t limited to the few stories of named girl pirates that populate our history books today. In fact, there were probably more female rogues than we will ever know about, since so many disguised their identities or went undocumented. It should be noted that many women dressed as men on land as well, during this time period, in an effort to take advantage of the many rights, privileges, and freedoms that were exclusive to men.
What did female pirates really wear? As stated, they usually dressed like their male counterparts, in sturdy trousers and rough spun shirts that could withstand the harshness of life at sea. Even those who dressed as women wore full skirts that could be kilted up for rigorous activity and fighting. The corset and short skirt typical to ladies’ pirate costumes today may keep the wearer cool at an indoor fancy dress party, but neither is practical for a working sailor aboard a ship.
Anne Bonney served as a member of Jack “Calico Jack” Rackham’s crew until that crew’s capture in October, 1720. She was already Jack’s lover when she began to serve under him in 1718 or 1719, but she waited until her reputation as a fighter was established to reveal herself as a woman to the rest of the crew. Meanwhile, Mary Read’s ship was originally taken by pirates, who forced her to join them. She took the King’s pardon c.1718-1719, and took a commission to privateer. But that career ended with her joining the crew in mutiny. In 1720, she joined up with pirate John “Calico Jack” Rackham and his companion, the female pirate Anne Bonny. | 