Analysis Of Narcus Redicker's Bandits At Se A Pirates

Looking throughout history, women’s roles have always been sparse and almost non-existent. In fact, very few women had the honour of being in older textbooks, nor did they even get recognition for their work. Although this is now changing, with feminism ensuring that females are no longer forgotten. Previous sexist views have already created a lack of documentation on older historical women. This is shown when examining the topic of female pirates. Only a handful of ladies have actual proof of their seafaring existence, which creates a problem when trying to examine female pirates. Thus, to get a better understanding of the notorious women, two sources have been compared. They are J.C Appleby’s Women and English Piracy, 1450-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime, and Marcus Redicker’s Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader. By reading these papers, one author has been established to be better at describing the subject through their arguments, and their evidence to support them. That author is J.C Appleby. His writing on female pirates proves to be the stronger choice and would be better suited as a source of academic information as he provides a clear and unbiased mindset on who women pirates truly were. When reading Redicker’s view on women pirates, the focus is mainly placed on Anne Bonny and Mary Read. His paper spins a tale of their courage …show more content…
Due to his focus on Bonny and Read, his paper becomes less of a resource as it is less about female pirates but rather biography of two women who happen to be pirates. Appleby’s broader view makes it easier to analyse female pirates and understand their lifestyle in the past. With more information about all sorts of women who ended up in piracy, one understands that genuine female pirates did not truly exist, with most women ending up at sea by accident