They were too weak, too fragile, for sports. My favorite tidbit in the supplemental info: after her race, the Amateur Athletic Union expelled Kathrine for "running the Boston Marathon with men" and "running the Boston Marathon without a chaperone." My my my my my. I do wish the author had included those photos in the additional material in the back, because they make the situation feel more real to the reader. Kathrine just doesn't take no for an answer, and she was instrumental in opening the sport of running up to women. This is a really, really excellent story of determination and persistence. Kudos to the men running near her who helped plow the race official off of the course and allowed her to keep going. Turns out, nope! Kathrine was well within her rights to run that day. Obviously I thought that was ridiculous, but not having read the full story, I also assumed that it had been against the rules for a woman to run. I remember seeing the iconic photos of race officials in the 1967 Boston marathon trying to stop Kathrine Switzer and pull her numbers off.
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