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The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway. Plus, the lesbian couple who thought they'd never be able to get legally married, but ended up being the first in the world to do so.

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Mon 15 Apr 202402:32GMT
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