Celeste Anchor, Author

Freydís Eiríksdóttir led a Viking expedition to North America around 1000 CE. When attacked, she stood her ground while pregnant. The attackers fled. #CelesteAnchor

He kissed her in every port from Lisbon to Shanghai. She kept a map marking each one with a star. Fifty-three stars. One love. #CelesteAnchor

Maria Lindsey sailed as ship's carpenter for twelve years before anyone discovered she was a woman. Her work was too good to dismiss. #CelesteAnchor

When the ship caught fire, she organized the evacuation, saved the log books, and was the last one into the lifeboat. Then she rowed. #CelesteAnchor #Captain

The Viking shield-maidens weren't just warriors on land. They sailed longships across the North Atlantic, raiding and trading as fiercely as any man. #CelesteAnchor

Three months at sea. She wrote him letters every day, sealed them, stored them in her cabin. When they reunited, she gave him ninety letters at once. #CelesteAnchor

Elise Dumont commanded a privateer ship during the French Revolution. Her letters home reveal a woman who fought for liberty on water and land. #CelesteAnchor

The proposal: 'Marry me and we'll sail to the edge of every map together.' The answer: 'I'm bringing my own ship.' #CelesteAnchor #Partnership

She taught herself surgery from stolen medical texts. Saved seventeen lives during a dysentery outbreak. Never told anyone she couldn't read when she started. #CelesteAnchor

Álvaro de Bazán's fleet included women sailors in 1580. History erased them. We're writing them back in. #CelesteAnchor #HiddenHistory

Her wedding vows: 'Through calm and storm.' Fifty years later, those were the words on their shared headstone. #CelesteAnchor #ForeverLove

They said women couldn't read the stars. She navigated three ships safely through a hurricane using only celestial navigation. They stopped saying that. #CelesteAnchor

Anne Bonny told the judge she was pregnant to avoid hanging. She was. She disappeared from prison. She vanished into legend. No one knows what happened next. #CelesteAnchor

Storm coming. Provisions low. Crew nervous. She stood at the helm and smiled. This is what she was born for. #CelesteAnchor #Fearless

Mary Read revealed her true identity only when wounded in battle. The surgeon discovered her secret. The crew didn't care. She'd earned her place. #CelesteAnchor #WomenSailors

The compass pointed north. Her heart pointed toward him. Sometimes the most dangerous navigation is between duty and desire. #CelesteAnchor #SeaRomance

When the crew mutinied against her captain husband, she took command herself. By dawn, she'd negotiated their surrender. By noon, she was captain. Leadership isn't inherited. It's seized. #CelesteAnchor

Mary Bangs kept her husband's ship running for months after he died at sea, bringing it safely to port before anyone on land knew she'd been captain. #CelesteAnchor

Fire on board. Every second counts. She organized the bucket brigade while simultaneously steering toward the nearest water. Multi-tasking saves lives. #CelesteAnchor

Scurvy. Storm damage. Dwindling supplies. She rationed, she improvised, she kept them alive. Leadership isn't about perfect conditions. #CelesteAnchor #Captain

Jury-rigged sails from spare canvas and hope. The port was 200 miles away. She got them there with one knot left holding. #CelesteAnchor #Determination

Awilda became a pirate princess rather than marry the king's choice. She chose freedom. She chose the sea. She chose herself. #CelesteAnchor #Choice

They carved their initials into the mast. Fifty years later, those letters are still sailing, still together, still weathering storms. #CelesteAnchor #Forever

Teuta of Illyria commanded a pirate fleet that challenged Rome itself in 229 BCE. She negotiated with the Senate as an equal. They declared war anyway. #CelesteAnchor

Isabella Guzmán commanded merchant vessels across the Spanish Main when women weren't legally allowed to own property. She found loopholes. She created exceptions. #CelesteAnchor

She kept a piece of rope from every ship she'd sailed. By sixty, she had enough to circle her cottage twice. Every strand a story. #CelesteAnchor #Memory

Ching Shih commanded 80,000 pirates and 1,800 ships. She negotiated her own amnesty and retired wealthy. The most successful pirate in history was a woman. #CelesteAnchor #PirateEmpress

Romance at sea: When your first mate is also your soulmate, every voyage becomes an adventure worth taking. #CelesteAnchor #LoveOnTheWaves

When supplies run low and the crew looks to you for answers, that's when you discover what you're really made of. #CelesteAnchor #Leadership

Thirty hours at the helm without rest. When relief finally came, she tied herself to the mast to sleep. Trust, but verify. #CelesteAnchor #Endurance