She went on to run 39 more marathons, including a return to Boston in 2017, 50 years after she first ran there. Not only did she campaign for the Boston Marathon to allow female racers, which it did in 1972, but she also cocreated the first women's-only road race later that year.
"Radicalized by the incident," as she puts it, Switzer became a fierce advocate for women's running-a right we practically take for granted today. Switzer-only to be discovered, and chased after, by the disapproving race director in a now iconic photo of the event. She went under the radar by signing up under the name K.V. The Feinbergs first endowed a lecture series on behalf of the SUNY Oswego gender and women’s studies program in 2003.įor more information on this presentation, Cruisin’ the Campus and other events happening on the college’s campus or at its branch campus in Syracuse, visit /calendar.In 1967, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon- then open only to men. A graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications, Switzer resides with her husband in the Hudson Valley and in Wellington, New Zealand. Switzer regularly serves as a keynote speaker, delivering socially significant messages to college, business, fundraising and sports groups. The woman who broke the gender barrier at the 1967 Boston Marathon, Switzer went on to win the 1974 New York City Marathon, write or co-author four books, found the Avon Global Women’s Circuit and win numerous awards for her service on behalf of women and her sport.Īs an Emmy Award-winning TV commentator, Switzer has covered the Olympics, world and national championships and several of America’s biggest marathons, including Boston. The free event also is part of Cruisin’ the Campus during spring break for area school districts parking is free and available in the employee and commuter lots near Sheldon Hall. Switzer will appear on behalf of the Bob ‘78 and Robbi Feinberg Family Fund series, which this year features presentations on sports and gender.
Tuesday, April 26, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Running and women’s advocate Kathrine Switzer, a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, will speak at 6 p.m.
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