Mary Patten, the First American Woman to Command a Ship
Mary Ann Patten came from a seafaring family and married a sailor... ...m a seafaring family and married a sailor, Joshua Patten , who soon became a ship's captain. That ship, Nep... ...rsed history, but Joshua was game to command, and Mary accompanied him. She studied navigat...
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