To wrap up pirate month Leah talks about the leader of Red Flag Fleet who was so powerful she got a pardon from the Chinese government and got jobs for most of her fleet before retiring into the life of a boss of a gambling den and a Madam. Ching Shih is a true bad-ass who also happened to marry her step-son. It’s just a crazy story, you gotta listen.
SHOW NOTES
- We’re back on Zoom so that means the YouTube has live video of our silly and beautiful faces!
- The gal pals this month are Dr. Leah Leach, Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris, and Michelle Hammond
- Bonnie already talked about Grace O’Malley Michelle talked about Sayyida al Hurra and Katie talked about Anne Bonny
- Get to know you question – What is the one rule you would have be on your pirate ship?
- DIY project – build your own plank
- Leah’s 1 Cool Pirate Gal is Ching Shih
- Saucy Gals Meeting
- Your Gal Friday
- Prostitute on a floating brothel
- Married in a pirate family
- Ching’s business savvy and pillow talk
- At marriage asked for 50% of the pirate share
- Formed a massive alliance
- 6 fleets she leads the Red Flag Fleet
- 70,000 pirates
- 1,200 ships in the fleet
- Typhoon takeover
- Sharing the power and money
- Cheng Po – adopted son and new husband
- What they did and who tried to stop them
- How they were convinced to surrender
- Pirates turned to government jobs
- She got a pardon
- Gave up the pirate life
- Help the government with military raids
- Step-son/husband dies at sea
- His kids are also his siblings?
- Opened a gambling house and brothel
- Prostitute –> Pirate –> Pardon –> Madam
- Three movie tie in books Pirates of the Caribbean Rising in the East, Day of the Shadow, The Price of Freedom
- Illustration of Ching Shih
- Family tree
- Bonnie’s tree
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