Katherine Switzer, 66, is an author, television commentator, and marathon runner who is best known for being the first woman to run as “a numbered entry” in the Boston Marathon in 1967. Note the qualifier; technically, she was not the first woman to run (others ran “unofficially”) and she was not the first woman accepted as a registered entrant. Watch the video below to see the drama and learn the significance of her run. (E-mail subscribers: click on the title of this post to go to the blog and see the video.)
