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Kathrine Switzer

Kathrine Switzer (1947- ) is best known as the first woman to run the Boston Marathon wearing an official bib. This was in 1967 after she registered for the race as K. V. Switzer. It wasn't until five years later that women were officially allowed to compete.
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The Girl Who Started It All

Forty years ago, a determined college kid took on the all-male Boston marathon--and pioneered a running movement. Here, in an excerpt from her new book, Marathon Woman, Kathrine Switzer looks back on the day that changed a sport.

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