course yelling get the hell out of my race but the men running with her fought him off for them kathy switzer had every right to be there and for them the boston marathon wasn't about proving male supremacy putting boys against girls it was about people running a race when the pictures from the marathon were transmitted across the globe the world saw two opposing mom. of masculinity the violence and paranoia of the marathon director vs the strength and solidarity of the other male runners and at the center of it all the resolute focus of kathy switzer in that moment sports bridge the gender divide and gave the world a glimpse into what was possible. but maybe the most influential example of the fight for women's equality in american sports was embodied in the great billie jean king. has such a big ego trip that it's now worth it i don't you know i am not the only. one we think of politics and billie jean king today but a lot of us remember her famous battle of the sexes match against bobby riggs in the early one nine hundred seventy s. so many. i've said it over and over again i throw away. o

women just couldn't handle the distance but one nine hundred sixty seven a woman by the name of kathy switzer registered as k.v. switzer and got into the race the first bills are somewhat bewildered when the girl appeared wearing number two sixty one she's listed in the program with leather gave her the first seventy. five miles into the race one of the marathon directors actually jumped off a truck to forcibly remove switzer from the course yelling get the hell out of my race but the men running with her fought him off for them kathy switzer had every right to be there and for them the boston marathon wasn't about proving male supremacy getting boys against girls it was about people running a race when the pictures from the marathon were transmitted across the globe the world saw two opposing mine. of masculinity the violence and paranoia of the marathon director vs the strength and solidarity of the other male runners and at the center of it all the resolute focus of kathy switzer in that moment sports bridge the gender divide and gave the world a glimpse into what was possible. but maybe t

and at the center of it all the resolute focus of kathy switzer in that moment sports to bridge the gender divide and gave the world a glimpse into what was possible. but maybe the most influential example of the fight for women's equality in american sports was embodied in the great billie jean king goes so it's a very good trip that it's now worth it i don't you know i own up to reading the levy. when we think of politics and billie jean king today but a lot of us remember her famous battle of the sexes match against bobby riggs in the early one nine hundred seventy s. very much playing the male is supreme over and over again a way. that. bobby riggs boys miss is billie jean king on a tennis court in houston tonight it's being billed as an epic battle of the sexes in front of a sold out crowd at the houston astrodome she beat the retired tennis star body in straight sets and what remains one of the most watched television programs in the history of sports to change the world you had to when i had to when you're absolutely correct and even though there's no doubting the importance of this