The most life-altering broken tackle did not happen on a football field, but along Route 135 in Hopkinton, where race official Jock Semple attempted to forcibly remove Switzer from the road. What to know: A spectator's guide to the 2022 Boston Marathon Switzer showed up the following year with a bib number: 261, later to become iconic digits. She was greeted warmly by fellow runners - all men - and the press. In 1966, Cambridge-born Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes in Hopkinton, tucked her pony tail under a hoodie and jumped into the Boston Marathon after the first pack of runners had departed. Switzer has spent much of the past year in capture mode, compiling 600-word biographies on the seven other women who toed the Boston Marathon starting line in 1972, when they were first officially recognized.Īfter returning to upstate New York in late March after a 30-month stay in New Zealand, Switzer, 75, recounted her own story in a lengthy phone interview with the Daily News, including the two revolutions - and two iconic photos - she was a part of. More on Kathrine Switzer: How the worst moment of her life revolutionized women’s running “That’s why it’s important to capture these stories and to pass them on.” “We don’t know that history because we’re losing it,” Switzer said. That they weren’t officially recognized to run the Boston version until 1972 may seem unfathomable to the current generation. The simple act of a woman running a marathon also involved a prolonged - albeit shorter - battle. The simple act of casting a vote was not an option for women until 1920, more than a decade after Stanton and Anthony died. “It is unfathomable to even think about.” “They worked for fifty years,” Switzer said in amazement. Their fight involved fierce opposition and took up much of their adult lives. Anthony, pioneers of women’s rights: "Not For Ourselves Alone." One of her most interesting reads involved the 19th-century connection between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Opting to extend an annual stay in New Zealand - her husband’s homeland - to more than two years due to COVID-19 restrictions, Switzer tore into a shelf of “someday” books. Watch Video: Boston Marathon 2021 moved to October due to COVID-19 pandemic
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