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Katherine Switzer, first registered woman to complete the Boston Marathon, with her fellow runners interfering with an official's attempt to remove her bib number, USA, 1967 (media.piefed.social)
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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We Regret To Inform You also did a great podcast on the subject, but started with the story of Bobbi Gibb who was the first woman to run the entire Boston Marathon, but couldn't register for it because "women can't run the length of a marathon" or something like that.

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