Kathrine Switzer made history by running, and she doesn't plan to stop any time soon. Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967, has dedicated her life to furthering access to ...
Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, but it wasn't until 1972 that women were officially allowed to compete Bettmann Kathrine Switzer faced physical and verbal attacks during the ...
Some called it a Marathon for Mom. Others called it the March of Dames. Either way, in 1967, the idea of a 26-mile marathon from Tomball to northwest Houston for women older than30 was a foreign ...