GBH encourages you to use Zoom Webinar to watch for this event. This virtual event will begin at 6pm Eastern Standard Time.įorum Network events are free and available to the public. This conversation is part of the esteemed Lowell Lecture Series at the Boston Public library. As a result of Switzer’s act, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) banned women from competing in races against men until 1972, when the Boston Marathon established an official women's race. Switzer,' and went to the university infirmary to get a fitness certificate.”ĭuring the marathon she was accosted by race officials who tried to take away her bib number.
I filled in my AAU number, plunked down $3 cash as entry fee, signed as I always sign my name, 'K.V. In her book, "Marathon Woman," she describes how she registered to compete, saying, “there was nothing about gender in the marathon.
In 1967, Switzer became the first woman to register and run the Boston Marathon. Marathon runner and author Kathrine Switzer joins Boston Public Library President David Leonard for this Arc of History: Contested Perspectives conversation.
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