Kathrine Switzer: 50 years ago women were not allowed to run the
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quot;If I quit, everybody's going to believe women can't do this" β that's the thought that latched itself into Kathrine Switzer's head when a male official tried to push her off the course of the Boston Marathon in 1967.
If I quit, everybody's going to believe women can't do this β that's the thought that latched itself into Kathrine Switzer's head when a male official tried to push her off the course of the Boston Marathon in 1967.
If I quit, everybody's going to believe women can't do this β that's the thought that latched itself into Kathrine Switzer's head when a male official tried to push her off the course of the Boston Marathon in 1967.
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