Would ruin a woman’s reproductive organs. Women were too fragile for the race there was a myth in that era that too much exercise Despite Kathrine’s success in training (where she ran 10 milesĪ day), her coach scoffed at the idea that she could run the Boston Marathon. In 1966, ‘67, and ’68, courageous women like Bobbi Gibb and a few other women ran and finished the race unregistered because they had notĪt age 19, Kathrine Switzer was college student at Syracuse University where she foundĪn unconventional running coach Arnie Briggs and unofficially trained with the men’sĬross-country team. The Boston Marathon began in 1897 and like most competitive races of the time, hadĪ sometimes official/sometimes unofficial ban on women participating in long-distance Goal, but those following in her footsteps can take action now to improve the lives Sadly, Bessie Coleman died in an aviation accident at only 34 years old and was unable to fulfill that Women of color to ensure that future generations had the access and opportunity thatīessie did not. She planned to open an aviation school for Whileīessie’s actions to earn her licenses are heroic independently, what I admire most Shows and was also the first black woman in America to pilot a public flight. She quickly gained popularity as a gifted stunt flyer in her barnstorming
Of significant racism and systemic oppression.ĭespite the many barriers Bessie faced, she had a goal in mind and pursued it despite the challenges.Īt the age of 28 she moved from the US to France because no aviation schools in the
Board of Education made segregation illegal in 1954, so I think it’s safe to say she lived in an era This brave woman was born only 27 yearsĪfter slavery was abolished in 1865 and she died 28 years before Brown v. To earn an international pilot’s license. Bessie was the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license and the first male or female
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