Mary Patten (full name is Mary Ann Brown Patten ; English; Mary Ann Brown Patten ; April 6, 1837 - March 18, 1861 [1] ) - American sailor, the first woman - the captain of a merchant ship in the United States.
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| Birth name | Mary Ann Brown |
| Date of Birth | April 6, 1837 |
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| Date of death | March 18, 1861 (23 years old) |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Occupation | sailor, ship captain, businesswoman |
| Spouse | Joshua Patten ( English Joshua Patten ) |
| Children | son - Joshua Patten — Jr. ( English Joshua Patten ) |
Biography
Mary Brown was born on April 6, 1837. [1] On April 1, 1853, shortly before her sixteenth birthday, she married naval captain Joshua Patten. Wife was 25, he made a living transporting people and goods from New York to Boston. In 1855, Joshua was offered command of the Neptune ship. He did not dare to leave his wife for a long time, so he persuaded the owners of the vessel to allow Mary to accompany him [2] .
During the trip, Joshua had a very high temperature. Mary, while pregnant, started reading books on medicine and nursing her husband. When the husband was completely weakened and could not control the ship, Mary took over his duties, thereby becoming the first American female captain of a merchant ship [3] .
Legacy
In honor of Mary Patten, the hospital in Kings Point, New York [4] .
In Culture
Patten's journey is dedicated to the book of Douglas Kelly's “ The Captain's Wife ” [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Mary A. Brown Patten . Find A Grave .
- ↑ Mary Ann Brown Patten (English ) ? . History of American Women (November 28, 2015). Date of treatment March 16, 2019.
- ↑ Mary Patten, 19 and Pregnant, Takes Command of a Clipper Ship in 1856 (unspecified) ? . New England Historical Society (September 7, 2014). Date of appeal March 15, 2019.
- ↑ Mary Patten: The First American Woman to Command a Ship (unopened) ? . Rejected Princesses. Date of treatment March 16, 2019.
- ↑ Douglas Kelley. The Captain's Wife: A Novel . Amazon