ep 2 - Kathrine Switzer - Marathon Woman

Backroads of History by Jeff Chesnut

Jul 22, 201735:40Education

Jeff and Dawn discuss women's long-distance running pioneer, Kathrine Switzer, and her historic, and controversial, entrance in the 1967 Boston Marathon.

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