The Boston Marathon once barred women from participating. Sara Mae Berman ran anyway03:49
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April 18, 2022

Fifty years ago, women were not allowed to run in the Boston Marathon due to a myriad of false assumptions about the female anatomy.

Sara Mae Berman ran anyway. She reflects on what it meant to run then and what it's like to see women run now.

This segment aired on April 18, 2022.