Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports by Kathrine Switzer

Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports

Kathrine Switzer

448 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography feminism memoir sports informative inspiring medium-paced
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Katherine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in 1967 where she was attacked by one of the event's directors who wanted to eject her from the all-male race. She fought off the director and finished the race. From the childhood events that inspired her...

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