TIL that Katherine Switzer was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1967 despite race organizers physically trying to stop her during the race

http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/7803502/2012-boston-marathon-how-kathrine-switzer-paved-way-female-runners



Submitted April 09, 2015 at 06:16PM by sevpay http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/31zq8m/til_that_katherine_switzer_was_the_first_woman_to/