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Kathrine’s Boston Marathon Recap, AOL On Sports video
Reporting from the Boston Marathon photo bridge, Kathrine Switzer reports on the near photo finish of the elite women’s race. If unable to see video, watch video here.Read More
Kathrine Switzer Reports Live from the Boston Marathon, AOL On Sports
Here, Kathrine reports from the race course where she first made history. If unable to view video, view video here.Read More
Celebrating International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day: Be Fearless, Be Free, Be Grateful This Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. This day we celebrate the achievements of women with a day of action: more than talk, we will DO. For me, it’s also a day I happily reflect on my mantra: Be Fearless, Be Free, Be Grateful. Our…Read More
“Makers” documentary available online
View Kathrine Switzer as she opens the acclaimed PBS documentary “Makers: Women who Make History” which is now free and available on-line.Read More
Women’s History Month and God’s Call, by Rev. Michelle Torigian – Huff Post Religion
To usher in Women’s History Month, I watched the PBS program Makers: Women Who Make America. I consider myself a feminist, yet I realize that I am still learning many details about women’s history. I never knew about Kathrine Switzer, the first female runner in the Boston Marathon. I never realized newspapers would segregate their “Help Wanted” lists: one…Read More
Kathrine Switzer, Pioneering Boston Marathon Runner, on Fight to Stay in 1967 Male-Dominated Race – Democracy Now
Learn more about this special program on PBS on Democracy Now! and see Amy Goodman’s Maker’s interview, visithttp://owl.li/i4npk. The new PBS documentary, “Makers: Women Who Make America,” tells the story of how women have shaped the United States over the last 50 years through political and personal empowerment. Narrated by Meryl Streep, “Makers” shares the…Read More
Review of “Makers: Women Who Make America”
Fifty years of feminism in ‘Makers: Women Who Make America,’ posted by Annie Groer, Washington Post, February 25, 2013Read More
Katherine Switzer To Appear On PBS Documentary
Katherine Switzer To Appear On PBS Documentary, by Jim Rondenelli, WIBX 950 AM Utica NY, February 25, 2012 Contains excerpt of Kathrine’s interview featured in ‘Makers’ PBS documentaryRead More
Interview with Runner’s World, February 2013
Kathrine Switzer Featured on PBS Tuesday Night, by Amby Burfoot, Runner’s World, February 25, 2013 Marathon pioneer joins other famous women in women’s movement documentary.Read More
Kathrine interview on Huffington Post Live, February 2013
On Monday afternoon, February 25, at 4:30 EST–Kathrine is part of a live interview on Huffington Post. Click here at that time to see it!Read More
Kathrine Switzer on How Running Can Change the World, February 2013
Women Who Make America: Kathrine Switzer on How Running Can Change the World, by Marianne Magno, FitGo Blog, Fitness Magazine, February 22, 2013. Kathrine Switzer didn’t sign up for the Boston Marathon in 1967 to stir any trouble; she just wanted to run. But when the then 19-year-old defied race officials and tradition by becoming…Read More
MAKERS Review – San Francisco Chronicle
Friends! Sit yourself down or set your DVRs for PBS on Tuesday, Feb.26, 7:55 PM (show starts at 8 and I’m on first!) We’re making just about every news outlet in the country now! This just in from the San Francisco Chronicle! Cheers! KathrineRead More