A Woman to Know: Ching Shih
Her origins were humbler, but rooted in maritime tradition. — writer Joan Druett
(image via Wikimedia Commons)
In the early part of the 19th century, Ching Shih was brought on board as a teenage prostitute for the Red Flag pirate captain — and within five days of his untimely death, she was running the ship.
Not just *a* ship, either. For the next two d…
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