Kathrine Switzer

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The following resources are helpful to parents and teachers:

1. Book: Supporting Successful Transition from Primary to Secondary School by Tina Rae (2014)
2. Book: Book: Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv (2008)
3. Book: Digital Tools for Teaching: 30 E-tools for Collaborating, Creating, and Publishing across the Curriculum by Steve Johnson (2013)
4. DVD video: Canadian Popular Music in the '60's, '70's & '80's by EMI Music Canada (2012)
5. DVD video: Canada: A People's History produced by Mark Starowicz (2001).
6. Book: Fire in the Bones: Bill Mason and the Canadian Canoeing Tradition by James Raffan (1999)

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Race Director Jock Semple grabs Katherine Switzer during the 1967 Boston Marathon.

Kathrine Switzer

Here’s why the bib number 261 at the Boston Marathon is so significant.

Kathrine Switzer: First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGXvBAmTsY

Boston Marathon: Meet the first woman to run it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2ChjVGL7c

Kathrine V. Switzer became the first woman with an official number to run the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1967, despite race director Jock Semple’s attempt to forcefully stop her near the two-mile mark http://www.boston.stfi.re/sports/boston-marathon/2017/03/28/heres-why-the-bib-number-261-at-the-boston-marathon-is-so-significant ​

​ Mile 10: Kathrine Switzer Meets Her Nemesis Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2PtzRVkiqU

More background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer