Katherine Switzer
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Shout out also to [Bobbi Gibb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Gibb) who was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, in 1966, hiding in the bushes at the start and running without a bib to prove that women could run the distance (the race director had replied to her application stating that women were physiologically incapable of doing so).
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I’ve always loved the black and white photo. She’s not even acknowledging their existence, she just keeps her head down and makes history
Queen shit 👑
Whenever I see stuff like this I think of all the stupidity we do today that people are gonna be horrified by 60 years from now
Also note that guy trying to stop her from running the marathon. What a dick, right? At first he did his best to get her out, but later as women were accepted to run marathons he completely changed his position and supported women wholeheartedly instead of doubling down like an ass. Him and Switzer even became good friends if I recall correctly; nice to see that people can change for the better.
Semple, the guy who was trying to get her number removed, was known to be aggresive with runners he didn’t think were serious. From Wikipedia: Switzer eventually made amends with Semple after he changed his mind with regard to women in sports. The two became close friends, and she last visited him shortly before Semple’s death in 1988.
Running at 70? As a marathon runner I hope I’ll be able to run like her at 70. She deserves much more appreciation
Katherine Switzer didn’t just run a marathon, she sprinted through the pages of history, proving that determination wears lipstick and stands its ground.
The fragility of masculinity is wild 🤮
Look at them fighting her. Angry dogs.
Finally something was undone in the same victim’s lifetime.
The sentiment of the people that accosted her has not changed. Look at who just got elected
that’s so damn awesome!
go girl!!
When people say they/them what they really mean is him, that one singular guy behind her in the photo was trying to stop her. He tried to stop non serious runners and he thought women weren’t serious. I’m not defending him in just pointing out it wasn’t a large group of people, literally just one person
I love her
Hey fuck yeah!
Sorry, that’s all I have to contribute. But I really mean it!
You go!
That makes no sense so they let her sign up and gave her a number and then changed their mind and said no?
If a woman moves faster than she can push a shopping trolly her uterus can detach.
What a bad ass!
Sadly I’d imagine the two guys trying to stop her were very proud of their efforts.
It doesn’t look like they are even trying to stop her in 2017. They had 58 years to figure out a plan to stop her and completely failed.
she’s a runner she’s a track star
Can’t believe Putin failed his mission in 1967…
Wow and people are still stupid like that trying to keep people out, so sad 🙁
I feel like she deserves a monument or at least a plaque commemorating her bad assness
It is insane to me that stuff like that was happening in the 60’s! It’s not that long ago!
My mom was born in 1967 …crazy to think how different the world was back then…
The runner that is grabbing her is actually her 51 year old coach that is trying to protect her from Jock Semple the suited man trying to rip her number off.
Important detail — She spells her first name Kathrine
These men are some of our grandparents, let’s not forget how recent nonsense like this was.