Katherine A Switzer

Running and Walking for Women Over 40 : The Road to Sanity and Vanity

A consistent program of running or walking is the fastest, easiest, and least expensive road to overall fitness and well-being for women and men at any age. For women over forty it can be the key to the most fulfilling years life has in store.Katherine Switzer, a pioneer in women's fitness since 196...

Running and Walking for Women Over Forty

Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports

In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event’s directors who attempted to violently eject her. In what would become an iconic sports image, Switzer escaped and finished the race. This was a watershed moment f...

Snakes (Nature's Children)

Book by Switzer, Merebeth, Grier, Katherine

Kathrine Switzer

Kathrine Switzer (born January 5, 1947) is the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry. She entered and completed the race in 1967, five years before women were ...