When Bobbi Gibb was told women weren't capable of running a marathon, she decided she was going to run the 1966 Boston Marathon anyway.
For all the changes that occurred during the 1960s, it was still a time of rigid attitudes towards women. She knew she wanted something different, and when her father took her to watch the Boston Marathon in 1964, the effect was immediate.b“One of my purposes was to end the stupid war between the sexes,” she says. “All people can be who they want to be.” You can hear more of her story on Amazing Sports Stories: 🎧 https://bbc.in/4cTWLUH
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