"Nothing had been written!" - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #DrRebeccaSimon

"So this fascination was already there, because they were seen as being able to break through class barriers in some ways." - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #DrRebeccaSimon

"And I had no idea that pirates were even something you could really study as a historian!" - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #TalkLikeaPirateDay #DrRebeccaSimon

"My dream, actually, is to be a consultant on some sort of pirate film or television show!" - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #WorldTelevisionDay #DrRebeccaSimon

"But there was actually a code of rules that pirates did adhere to!" - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #InternationalTalkLikeaPirateDay #DrRebeccaSimon

"All the men go below deck, leaving just Anne Bonny and Mary Read alone to defend the ship!" - DR. REBECCA SIMON, Anne Bonny & Mary Read, Pirate Queens, Unsung History #UnsungHistory #DrRebeccaSimon