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Switzer’s recent work on biographical documentation for the “Original 8” has yielded both joy and frustration. Kathrine Switzer, who was the first official woman entrant in the Boston Marathon 50 years ago, waves to the crowd at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., April 17, 2017. Even people who show up can contribute a lot and we need everybody.” “But now I’ve been embracing that ‘show up’ thing. “They had been lobbying for so long to get the race legal and I feel like I just showed up,” Rogosheske said. The Minnesota native was well aware of the work that Kuscsik, Berman and Switzer had put in to allow female participation. Valerie Rogosheske also ran that day, but did not make the photo shoot. But at any rate, the picture came out great.” “It made us all go, ‘(sigh), We’ve got a long way to go yet. “We were laughing because he was so silly,” Switzer said. He also wanted them to look “feminine and girly” and, later, to pose in a sprinter’s position.įrom the archives: Women’s running has transformed in 50 years “And we said, ‘We’re getting ready to start a marathon here.’”

“He wanted us to line up and do like a 'Can-Can' dance,” Switzer recalled. Their playful look before the ‘72 Marathon was the result of a comedic back-and-forth with the photographer. The shot reveals the playful smiles of Nina Kuscsik, Elaine Pedersen, Ginny Collins, Pat Barrett, Frances Morrison, Sara Mae Berman and Switzer.

Kathrine Switzer found herself about to be thrown out of the normally all-male Boston Marathon when a husky companion, Thomas Miller of Syracuse, threw a block that tossed race official Jock Semple out of the running instead, April 19, 1967.įive years later - after more wrangling with Semple - Switzer and six other women appeared in another historic photo.

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