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  • Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb and women who run

    Kathrine Switzer, Bobbi Gibb and women who run

    In 1967 Kathrine Switzer entered the Boston Marathon. Nothing particularly strange about that you might think, but at that point women weren’t allowed to enter it. Switzer managed to sneak past the officials by putting her name down with only her initials. Only a few miles into the race, a race official tried to physically…

  • SUFFRAGETTE CIRCUS

    SUFFRAGETTE CIRCUS

    This is a re-post by The Virtuoso. This article originally appeared on The Virtuoso, on March 1st 2016. Today, a story that has nothing to do with science or literature, but one in honor of Super Tuesday and Women’s History Month: women’s suffrage! Specifically, women’s suffrage in the circus! And no, it’s not about the…