#19th-century-maritime-history

#19th-century-maritime-history

Mary Ann Patten captained a 216-foot clipper for two months while pregnant, quelling a mutiny, earning crew loyalty, and keeping her ill husband alive.

Mary Ann Patten, at 19 and pregnant, captained a 216-foot clipper for two months, suppressed a mutiny, secured crew loyalty, and kept her ill husband alive during an around-the-world voyage.