The First Woman to Officially Run the Boston Marathon 

But would you walk 500 miles, and would you walk 500 more?

If she had sued, she'd have won. (But it probably would have cost more in time and money than it was worth.)

Silkendrum Let's add the fact that discrimination were still prominent way back then.

Hey, watch that "way back then"! I had already graduated from college when that race was run. "Way back then", indeed. (Snort) I know a lot about sexual discrimination. I graduated with a degree in mathematics, and applied to multiple insurance companies for a job as a statistician, and all they wanted to know was whether I could type and take shorthand.

2 words. Male ego.

It's called being a spiteful sack of shit, the organiser was clearly just pissed off that she'd made him feel stupid

That's a long time ago. It's unfortunate that SJWs take their man-hating practices too far(Anywhere outside of tumblr) though. If they would just stick with women earning the same as men and such, I'm fine with that. As a guy I do strafe for equal rights among genders. I just personally think creating transgender toilets just for them goes too far.

theawecabinet you're joking right? You sound like you're holding some sort of grudge lmao. I honestly don't even know where to start with this comment.

Northie of course somebody has to bring "sjws" into the conversation. Most of that culture exists solely on the internet and has no basis in reality.

theawecabinet thanks for the essay. You seem pretty self-assured so I don't see any point in providing my own personal thoughts on the issue. As far as the whole SJW issue goes I think all the turmoil is beyond petty. The majority of googles work forces is white males so I see no problem in promoting a more diverse environment as it's been shown to benefit companies in the long run. There will always be people who take things too personally and get easily offended by the littlest things. It's just the realty of the very open society we live in. Focusing on these people and making a big deal over their overly sensitive reactions only gives them more power and attention. People are only giving them validation.

"...thanks for the essay. You seem pretty self-assured...." Quite the opposite in fact. I understand the idea of women NOT being weak and pathetic victims is a revolutionary concept for most people, and most people react with very strong (negative) emotions to the idea that women are equal to men. Often they direct those emotions in the form of hatred and vitriol (not you though thankfully!) So the point is.... I have to be very careful to present a coherent case based on reason and evidence. Anybody can say "Women are objects controlled by men!!!!" and nobody demands any more explanation. But to propose that women are NOT objects mean you will always be treated like a mad person. "... I don't see any point in providing my own personal thoughts on the issue...." Well that's jolly convenient then. ".... As far as the whole SJW issue goes I think all the turmoil is beyond petty..." Getting fired from you job or being threatened with jail is the opposite of petty. "... The majority of googles work forces is white males...." I would put money on google hiring more Asians than is representative of the population as a whole, and men tend to be concentrated in the more techy side of the company. This is because (on average) men tend to be more attracted to those kinds of jobs. Just out of interest, have you ever called for more women to be pushed into careers like roofing, plumbing, truck driving, garbage disposal, construction, meat processing, oil rig catering etc which are all currently 'male dominated' careers..... or do you only want to push women into STEM careers which pose less risk to women's safety, and offer more appealing working conditions? "... so I see no problem in promoting a more diverse environment ...." 'Promoting' is when you tell people "hey you should train to be a programmer and then apply for a job as a programmer!" 'Diversity' is when a company discriminates against certain candidates based on their race/ sex. ".. It's just the realty of the very open society we live in.." Like I said, Damore was fired for criticising google's policy of racial/ sexual discrimination (for which they are also being sued for). Racial/ sexual discrimination is the opposite of an open society. "..... Focusing on these people and making a big deal over their overly sensitive reactions only gives them more power and attention...." No, it exposes their lies and hypocrisy and their illegal practices.

Yes as long as you get to take out the official with a tackle!

​@@mikegurney9278He is a part of the story as a whole I think you would have to leave it in the film

'Jogging' was still a fringe activity back then. Didn't he say there were like 400 competitors? Also, probably very little in the way of sponsorship and I'm guessing part of the reason for the reluctance was just the extra cost of catering for women and having the event go on another hour or two before they could start packing it up.

That's because women fought (and won) an actual battles, not a right for a mud-fight.

You're very welcome. :-)

This was quite a heart warming tale. Too bad modern "feminism" would have it so men were banned from running. And women who did it were just internalizing misogyny, and were fat shaming by not being tubs of lard.

Nah, feminism is the ideological equivalent of having ass cancer. In your brain. It's a win for this woman.

Space Leopard There were women ( and men of course) who where working their whole life to further equality between men and women. Are you really going to deny their achievements (or literally all achievements of feminism) because of a handful of very loud and very angry modern "feminists"?

"..There were women ( and men of course) who where working their whole life to further equality between men and women..." Such as what? The suffragettes fought for (and won) the female privilege of voting rights without any associated obligations (such as the draft). That was certainly not equality (as many WOMEN argued at the time, when they opposed the suffragettes). From the very beginning feminists promoted 'patriarchy theory' and played the victim, and used this to make demands for special treatment and free stuff. And here we are today...... men have less rights than women.

Space Leopard Thats where you’re wrong, cause 5 years after she ran it became legal for women to run. So it was indeed a win for all women, not just the one she ran

Nope. Not on RU-vid anyway. If you subscribe to our email newsletter or visit the website frequently, you probably saw it there? Either that or someone else on RU-vid maybe covered this recently?

No, you definitely did cover this not too long ago. I remember because comment sections full of people trying to justify feminism and virtue signal are always a hoot.

Space Leopard I thought the same thing. I'm almost positive they have done this story.

There is a vid on the channel about a woman who got in baseball which is very similar, so you may be mistaking this to that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uYHwhRVPvyU.html

They certainly did this video already.

Imperial Guard #28 no, I, mean yes (please don't impeach me)

Bill Clinton ¿THE Bill Clinton?!

Kylee Conrad that depends on your definition of "the".

Jesse Sisolack there's also the difference between average strength levels and individual cases. A lot of men are weaker that the strongest female weightlifters for example.

That is indeed true, though exceptions to not disprove rules. I am sure there are some professional athletes who are stronger then me, a human male. Also though I am sure I would win a fight against most females, I am also rather sure that Ronda Rousey could kick my ass, ha.

Opening up the contest to women sends out the message that women are welcome to come and have a go at running 26 miles for fun. This would open up the very real possibility of ordinary housewives enrolling just for fun, and possibly injuring themselves, suffering exhaustion, stress fractures (1960's running shoes!), and perhaps even dying. Remember, in the 1960's there was no awareness of fitness like there is today, no culture of jogging, no gym culture, no running/ fitness magazines etc. The event organisers were probably terrified of the potential repercussions of women entering and becoming injured or collapsing along the way. Men are naturally more sensible about physical activity because men are more used to physucal labour, especially in the 60's. And a man collapsing from exhaustion is far less likely to sue for damages, than a woman. And the public would not be outraged at the organisers (or even care at all), like they would if a housewife collapsed. HOW DARE THE ORGANISERS PUT WOMEN'S LIVES AT RISK! etc etc. That is probably the main reason why they were reluctant to let women in. Plus it meant they could not pack up the event for another couple of hours.

"In humans, males are indeed physically stronger then females, but that does not have a lot to do with long distance stamina." While this is true to some extent, women still can't compete with men in long distance running. Hence the different categories. I actually don't know of a single sport where women can openly compete with men and thus making categories unnecessary.

Gymanstics. Females dominate due to their lower center of gravity. Otherwise I would say you are correct. I remember when IPSC (competitive shooting) started with females, it was thought they would perform similarly to males because it is more about marksmanship then strength, but it turns out females are not quite as fast. Those fraction of a second that males gain pushing the pistol to the next target and firing add up over the course of the day.

We did not. You may have read the article version on the site or our email newsletter maybe or someone else may have covered it on youtube? :-)

I could’ve swore I saw it myself. 🤔

seriously, I watched it as well... what the hell is happening here lol

Maybe we mentioned her in a different video?

Or maybe people are thinking of this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3CgvArx1fZk.html

Hestika kala they were never allowed not to.

Neil Anderson umm yes they were cause they’re running today lol

fruitless endeavour mate

Am Swiss, can confirm.

Aizen Kazama yes

Macasaurus Thanks

A 10.00 second 100m run is 22.4 Mph average speed. Lot of people have done that.

mojojojoplus2 thanks for providing that balance.

No. We had a similar one on a woman walking though. :-)

Make me a sandwich.

Sure. You want anthrax or botulism with it? :-)

"....The stupidity of imagining women to be more fragile than men in endurance sports is insane. ..." Thing is... women have always exploited their fragility when it suits in order to opt out of dirty, dangerous, manual work and have men do it instead. There are plenty of manual labour jobs which women _could_ do but choose not to. As a result 95% of workplace deaths are men. Most women grossly exaggerate their fragility with flimsy, delicate clothing, dainty shoes, and the mannerisms and noises of a child. In fact the behaviour of most young women in the west is designed to mimic the behaviour and emotions of a child. Wide eyes, squeals of delight, fidgety hands and arms, camp, effete poses etc. All of this behaviour is designed to elicit a protection response in males. Women dress like royalty in restrictive and debilitating clothing and shoes which make them unstable, which also produces a protection response. That is why Royalty traditionally wear these kinds of clothing. So it is either hypocritical to complain when men act over protective towards women, or it just demonstrates a complete lack of self awareness. If feminists want men to stop being over protective towards women, instead of nagging at men about it they could nag at women to start wearing cargo pants, sensible shoes, and no make up and to start doing manual labour jobs, and other dirty and strenuous jobs instead of leaving them all to men.

theawecabinet ehh I’m no feminist or anything but I do people should be treated fairly and equally for the most part, and when it comes to careers I think people should just Pursue the one they want, or can be happy doing.

We explain where topic ideas come from in detail at the beginning of our How It's Made video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ok-ZX-FQeQA.html

I've just noticed a lot of shared topics. Thanks for the response:)

I will add that I love toptenznet, biographics, and today I found out and I would still watch them if you said yeah my content creators love Mysteries at the Museum

Given that a lot of their topics come from people suggesting them, it's quite possible that said people see the topic elsewhere and want them to cover it. Today I Found out often digs up information other places either ignore or just don't mention.

The Cat Ate My Shoe just had to look this up. Apparently the tour de France is only for men? This can't be real

Yep. As a female cyclist, I wouldn't be able to ride these, no matter how good I am.

Also the fact that a lot of sports have shorter distances for women than men, like we just wouldn’t be able to handle running a few more metres. And what’s with so many Olympic events still being called “ladies”? We don’t call the male events “gentlemen’s “

David Just think of him as diet Simon Miller, still bald and British just half the size.

Even if it was over by 22 minutes XD

But it wasn’t over 22 minutes. They are different to seconds. Just because you learnt a new number that meant something naughty you don’t need to go round being cool on the comment section. Go to daycare and learn some motor skills idiot

Wars started by other men ;)

+Space Leopard-- You seem to be under the mistaken impression that the voting citizens are the ones who choose if/when we go to war, but that's NOT the case. Congress makes that decision in the US. Women are ALWAYS at the forefront of any and ALL anti-war efforts, and always have been! Women see diplomacy as the preferred method of conflict resolution, it's MEN who choose to go to war.

Of course it is. We start and finish everything.

calichef1962 Drafting can hardly be called a choice, I’m a guy and I am anti Conscription for men and women, I think people took equality the wrong direction instead of giving selective service and government power, they should have advocated for it to be taken down so neither gender, no, no person had to fight for a cause they see as unjust, wrong, and immoral.

Coincidence? I think not... 420 blaze it confirmed

Well humans are a sexually dimorphic species, so there is only so many things that can be equal when it comes to competition. For examples, females will always lag behind on competitive weight lifting, and males will never have as much balance for gymnastics as females on average.

Nope. :-) Perhaps you read it on the website? Or are thinking of this one? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3CgvArx1fZk.html

Switzer was decidedly a feminist :l What exactly is your point?

My point is that feminists single out the ONE guy who treated the female runner poorly and refuse to talk about the majority of men who were cheering her on!

You completely missed the point of this video, congrats.

Thank you! Have a great day.

Likewise!

That's a fairly amazing match, wouldn't you say?

fcukugimmeausername is triggered.

As I mentioned; it was a TIFO suggestion. You know this. The fact that you're so insulted by someone choosing to take an unusual position on this subject is interesting also.

???

REAL FEMINISTS ARE SUBJECT TO MALE APPROVAL (thats all i heard)

its only my opinion luv x

Theres no such thing as a proper feminist. THIS is what feminism stands for. It doesn’t matter what all of the ”man haters” call themselves, it doesn’t make them feminists just because they say so. They’re female chauvinists. If a blonde says shes a brunette, it doesn’t make her a brunetye just because she says so.

邪児 Kronaz oh shi

I actually LIKE his syntax: it's quaint.

Andre Caillot Can you make her money instead of commenting on RU-vid?

OriLOK2 Can you make me a sammich instead of commenting on RU-vid

Andre Caillot Take a page from Switzer's book and run 23 miles away from me. At least you'll finally get somewhere in life.

OriLOK2 Take a page from Julia Child's book page one. Meat cheese bread.

Andre Caillot Ooh did your mom not arrive on time? Got a bit irritable did you? You can't even afford a sandwich so I suppose you don't have a chance with women.

No, she IS a feminist.... You got the wrong definition.

Your understanding and view of feminists is more a caricature than anything else. I'm a feminist, and I'm a white male. How does that compute for you?

How could you fuck this up so badly? are you 15 years old?

Curt D lol funny thing is she was a feminist. I'm guessing you've been misinformed about feminist by anti-fems who have an axe to grind by only showing the bad but not the good.

Sad to see people who think real feminist women are not feminists cause of preconceived notions of modern ones

Best laugh I've had all day. Thank you.

I nearly soiled my armor laughing at this one

women are left wing now?

xcvsdxvsx First, you don’t ‘win’ a marathon. Second, anytime someone pushes against something like sexism and societal oppression they have accomplished something important -whether they become well known or not.

Pretty sad that anybody who supports equality is apparently left-wing now.

What does xcvsdxvsx stand for?

MARKOUT TV Thats just the rhetoric they've been brainwashed with. As if supporting equal rights is a bad thing.

Heh. What was the point of this video?

Wow, triggered much?

Okay. I added the comment because; 1. It's interesting and something people don't know happened. 2. It was bound to get a reaction from someone like yourself 3. TIFO should do an episode on it ... I mean, obviously :)

Not defensive. It's just an interesting historical moment in Tennis that is purposefully ignored. Anyway, I posted the same thing again. You'll see the same comment below somewhere. Hang tight, let's see if we get anymore uptight, overly sensitive gits to reply.

I'm sorry, that was rude (funny, but rude).