Anne grew up to be a hardy girl with a "fierce and courageous temper". She had a very fiery
                                      disposition, and was said to have killed a serving girl with a knife during one of her fits of
                                      rage, though this was never proven.

                                      Anne desired to be a pirate, but since women couldn't be sailors, she disguised herself in men’s clothing.
                                      This worked well enough, and after several months she met another woman who also was disguised as a male
                                      pirate--Mary Read.  The two became great friends, and continued pirating on the same ship.

                                      Mary and Anne both made fierce pirates, and in fact, it is said that many of their shipmates
                                      claimed they were "resolute and ready to board or undertake anything that was hazardous" in the
                                      time of action. A witness at their trial stated that the both of them cursed and swore with the
                                      best of the other pirates, and never cringed at murder. After time, the crew discovered their secret of
                                      being women, so X the two would dress in women’s attire during moments of peace, and
                                      dressed in men’s jackets, trousers, and handkerchiefs tied around their heads when the
                                      possibility of action arose.

                                       The two were captured on the ship of John Rackham, by a Captain Burnet, and tried under
                                      St. Jago de la Vega. When asked if there should be any reason why sentence of death
                                      should not be passed on them, the two (still dressed in male clothing) plead pregnancy as a
                                      reason for temporarily escaping the noose. Pregnancy saved Mary Read from the gallows,
                                      but she died soon afterwards with a violent fever in prison. Anne Bonny, also found
                                      to be an expectant mother, was given a reprieve. She remained in prison until the baby was
                                      delivered, after which she was reprieved from time to time until she disappeared.