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"...saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's. His hair was perfect."

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@akkcrystal36 ❤️ Those b&w images of Switzer in '67 make the rounds on social media every day. Truth is there were many intrepid women who advanced the cause. Nina Kuscsk demanded change from the AAU as that RW article recounts. Julia Chase-Brand was another pioneer: https://t.co/yPbkPLczPC

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@akkcrystal36 Happy to share. As it all turned out, the Boston Marathon was the first to officially admit female competitors in April of '72. Meanwhile the first Women's Olympic marathon wasn't held until '84. You may wish to dive into this rarely told history. https://t.co/EwKTIpBosu

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@akkcrystal36 Yes, Roberta applied for entry in '66 & was denied due to prevailing AAU competition rules. So she had to run numberless like all the men who were not AAU members. BTW: a total of 8 women ran unofficially from '66 to '71 (inclusive of Switzer), before the AAU revised entry regs.

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@akkcrystal36 Context: Roberta Gibb was the first woman to run & complete the Boston Marathon in 1966. Her landmark performance stunned the athletic world. Source: https://t.co/wjSu6k2727

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@manos_1959 Roberta Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1966. Source: https://t.co/wjSu6k2727

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@suzanwitha_z The 1st woman to run the Boston Marathon was Roberta Gibb in '66, who submitted an entry, was denied due to prevailing AAU rules, and had to run numberless like all the men without AAU memberships. Her achievement stunned the athletic world. https://t.co/XdQMWI4C7z

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Have you heard of @dearmoonproject ?! @SpaceX and @yousuck2020 are taking 10 artists to the MOOOOON!!!! Thank you to everyone who sent me messages yesterday about this, to tell me I’d be perfect. I agree. Here is a detail of a piece in progress of a Supraglacial Lake in Greenland

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@derretendobacon Bobbi Gibb broke the gender barrier first in 1966.

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@Amelie__Bastien Julia Chase-Brand, an earlier trail blazer - https://t.co/lKCAqt2XyL

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@RepublicCatala Merry Lepper (1963) Bobbi Gibb (1966) Kathrine Switzer (1967)

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Kansuke Yamamoto - Gorgeous departure, 1950

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@elpais_deportes @manueljabois Merry Lepper (1963), Roberta Gibb (1966)

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@AndresArollo @manueljabois Merry Lepper (1963), Roberta Gibb (1966)

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@faithyunjin Seldom mentioned: The Boston Marathon was not open to most men in the '60s, only those with active AAU membership. That is the reason why Bobbi Gibb ran numberless in 1966 -- the first woman to run & complete the legendary race.

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@MAKERSwomen Let's be accurate here, ok? USA marathon fields are currently 45% women / 55% men.Source: https://t.co/5d17CLpRjN

[Zaria Forman @ZariaForman]

Cracked and jagged seracs of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland. This has been my favorite kind of ice to draw.

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@HateFreeCulture @TheHectorVargas Roberta Gibb applied for entry in '66 and was denied due to prevailing AAU rules. So she numberless and shocked the athletic world. Please do not try to marginalize Gibb's achievement. BTW, the 1st woman to officially run & complete Boston was Nina Kuscsik in '72.

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@EhrlichRalph It was Bobbi Gibb who first broke the gender barrier at the Boston Marathon in 1966.

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@carolinavalder6 @sofiorozco @EspinosaRadio Context: Merry Lepper (1963) and Roberta Gibb (1966) ran & completed marathons before Kathrine Switzer (1967).

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@HistoryTribune Comment: Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run & complete the Boston Marathon in 1966.