11. Woman fighting her way into a marathon
Boston Herald
In this rare historical photo, the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon is getting chased down to be kicked out. Kathrine Switzer entered the race after months of training with a veteran. As she recalls, when she first mentioned it all the men told her that women were too delicate to run in such a grueling race. She didn’t seem to care about that. After reading the rule book and seeing nothing about gender, she entered the race only to be chased down by men telling her to get out. She did however, go on to finish and the be known as the first woman to do so.
