Kathrine Virginia Switzer was the first woman ever to complete The Boston Marathon as a registered entrant (1967). She did so despite the efforts of the race director to remove her from the course. Switzer became a crusader for women's sports, a journalist, an author, and a TV commentator. She won the 1974 New York City Marathon and led the effort to include the women's marathon in the Olympic event 👑 Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966 without a race bib. After be
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Kathrine Virginia Switzer was the first woman ever to complete The Boston Marathon as a registered entrant (1967). She did so despite the efforts of the race director to remove her from the course. Switzer became a crusader for women's sports, a journalist, an author, and a TV commentator. She won the 1974 New York City Marathon and led the effort to include the women's marathon in the Olympic event 👑 Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966 without a race bib. After be
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