Article VI of the Pirate Code agreed by Bartholomew Roberts ( Black Bart ) and his pirate crew in the Shipboard Articles of 1721 stated:

No boy or woman to be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing any of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise he shall suffer death. Women were known to get over such codes by cross-dressing.

Females dressed as men in order to seek their fortune, or to follow husbands to sea. The most famous women pirates included Anne Bonney and Mary Read.

Famous Women Pirates
The most famous woman pirates were:

• Anne Bonny (1719-1720) Female Pirate of the Caribbean
• Mary Read - Famous English Female Pirate of the Caribbean
• Lady Killigrew  (1530-1570)
• Grace O’Malley - Famous Irish woman pirate who commanded three galleys and 200 men
• Mrs. Peter Lambert of Aldeburgh, Suffolk
• Jacquotte Delahaye - Female Pirate of the Caribbean
• Anne Dieu-le-veut - Female Pirate of the Caribbean
• Charlotte de Berry - Woman pirate
• Mrs Ching - Chinese wife of a pirate who turned to Piracy after his death
• Mary Crickett (or Crichett) was a female pirate who was hung