Coming a long way
I’m always amazed at the number of things women just weren’t allowed to do - just for being women. Kathrine Switzer writes about such a time, not so long ago…“Two miles into the 1967 Boston Marathon, an official tried to eject me from the race simply because I was a woman. That event changed my life and, as a consequence, the lives of millions of women around the world.
The marathon was a man’s race in those days; women were considered too fragile to run it. But I had trained hard and was confident of my strength. Still, it took a body block from my boyfriend to knock the official off the course and allow me to complete the 26.1 miles, or 42.2 kilometers.
In 1967, few would have believed that marathon running would someday attract millions of women, become a glamour event in the Olympics and on the streets of major cities, help transform views of women’s physical ability and help redefine their economic roles in traditional cultures.”
Excellent and heartening read !
Comment by apu — April 17, 2007 @ 10:42 am
Thanks for coming by, Apu!
Comment by Uma — April 19, 2007 @ 4:18 pm