Login with Patreon
History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.
  • Stories
    • Princesses
    • Map
    • Collections
  • Blog
  • Books
    • Book 1
    • Book 2
    • Behind the Scenes
  • About
    • FAQ
    • Contact
    • About the Author
    • New Readers
  • Search
  • Login with Patreon
  • Book 2 Now on Sale!
    • Stories
      • Princesses
      • Map
      • Collections
    • Blog
    • Books
      • Book 1
      • Book 2
      • Behind the Scenes
    • About
      • FAQ
      • Contact
      • About the Author
      • New Readers
    • Search
    • Login with Patreon

Kathrine Switzer

May 7, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Maureen Mancuso

The Teen Who Shattered a Running Record

Without training, this 13-year-old shattered world records for running in 1967 -- unfortunately, it happened shortly after Kathrine Switzer's headline-making Boston marathon entry, and Mancuso's feat was all but forgotten.
April 24, 2015 in Modern Worthies

Kathrine Switzer

First woman to run the Boston Marathon as an official entry

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer entered the Boston Marathon - against the no-women-allowed rules - and changed the event forever.

Random Related Posts

    Maureen Mancuso

    Maureen Mancuso

    Without training, this 13-year-old shattered world records for running in 1967 -- unfortunately, it happened shortly after Kathrine Switzer's headline-making Boston marathon entry, and Mancuso's feat was all but forgotten.
    Kathrine Switzer

    Kathrine Switzer

    In 1967, Kathrine Switzer entered the Boston Marathon - against the no-women-allowed rules - and changed the event forever.

Random Princesses

    Hester Stanhope

    Hester Stanhope

    100 years before Lawrence of Arabia, this British woman traveled the Middle East by herself, surviving shipwrecks, plagues, and Bedouin attacks in the process.
    Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth

    When her kid was stolen from her, this ex-slave successfully sued to get him back; she then went on to become a forceful speaker for abolition across the United States.
    Ada Blackjack

    Ada Blackjack

    The lone survivor of an ill-fated scientific expedition, this Inuit woman persevered for two years on a remote arctic island in order to get money to treat her ill son.
    Freydís Eiríksdóttir

    Freydís Eiríksdóttir

    When attacked by Native Americans, this pregnant viking bared her chest, brandished a sword, and took them on by herself. And she won.
    Virginia Hall

    Virginia Hall

    This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."
    Nellie Bly

    Nellie Bly

    Daring journalist who infiltrated insane asylums, exposed slavery rings, and raced around the world in under 80 days.
    Mariya Oktyabrskaya

    Mariya Oktyabrskaya

    When her husband was killed in WW2, she sold all their belongings, bought a tank, named it Fighting Girlfriend, and started killing Nazis.
    Calafia

    Calafia

    Black, Muslim warrior queen of a tribe of griffin-riding Amazons - and the honest-to-god namesake of California.
    Princess Caraboo

    Princess Caraboo

    This phony Asian royalty fooled rural England for some time - but the truth she was hiding was far darker.
    Beloved

    Beloved

    The ghost of a tragically-murdered young child come back to haunt her mother in post-slavery America.
Patreon Tumblr Facebook Twitter Instagram Mailing List

Contact Privacy Notice Conditions of Use

© 2022 Rejected Princesses.