Mary Ann Brown Patten
Mary Ann Brown Patten was the first female commander of an American merchant vessel. She was the wife of Joshua Patten, captain of the merchant clipper ship Neptune’s Car. The ship was bound around Cape Horn from New York towards San Francisco when Joshua Patten collapsed from fatigue in 1856. His wife took command for 56 days, faced down a mutiny, and successfully managed to navigate the clipper ship into San Francisco. At the time she was 19 years old and pregnant with her first child.
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Female
Date of Birth
April 6th, 1837
Age
189
Birth Place
United States of America, Massachusetts
Date of Death
January 1st, 1857
Died Aged
19
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