The New York Times - Roberta Gibb broke barriers in the Boston Marathon. Now there’s a statue of her feat.

Oct. 11, 2021

By Alexandra E. Petri

“In 1966, Roberta Gibb became the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon at a time when women were prohibited from doing so because they were considered “physiologically incapable.”

Now, more than 55 years later, Gibb has broken another gender barrier by becoming the race’s first woman to be featured as a sculpture and placed along the Boston Marathon route.

Last week, “The Girl Who Ran” was unveiled by the 26.2 Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes marathoning, and installed in downtown Hopkinton, Mass., where the race begins.” Continue Reading

Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb becomes the first woman to complete the Boston marathon in 1966. Photo Credit: Fred Kaplan/Sports Illustrated, via Getty Images