1967: A race official tries to physically remove Kathrine Switzer – the Boston Marathon’s first registered female runner – from the race, while other runners try to protect her. Her boyfriend is at the right of the picture, and was later photographed shoving the official to the ground.
It would be another five years before women were allowed to join the race.
In Times Gone By... 
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ATTA BOYS!!!! LET HER RUN AND BE A PART OF IT! THINK OF HOW WOMEN HAVE ENRICHED THE TRILL OF THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!!!