Starting Line 1928

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An oral history project documenting & archiving the lived experiences of pioneers in women’s running. startingline1928.com

This is a slide show of Molly Barker, an athletic tall women with blonde hair. The first photo shows her in 1989 in black and white photo holding a bike. The rest of the photos of her posed talking to girls as part of the "Girls on the Run" program. Over the images, the words "So one of the things that definitely happened to me when I ran was that feeling of power agency. It's my body, and I have some say in what I will do with it. So it's about setting goals and achieving those goals and being very thoughtful about how I move my body through space. So that felt very important to me as a woman, to have that sort of agency." are spoken by her.
Katherine Switzer right after trying to be pulled of the Boston Marathon course. It is a black and white photo, she is in a grey sweatsuit, hair down and surrounded by men in running clothes.
Pictures of Jen at the boston marathon with her saying "and just knowing Monday is going to be race day, but it took all these people to get you to the start line. There's just that the night before, you know, you're all jittery and nervous and and just this whole anticipation of the race. But once that's all done, you're just so thankful everything just came together, and you just feel so blessed to be able to share it with so many people, right?"