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World Service,13 Apr 2024,17 mins

The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

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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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