This tipping point isn’t just being neared in Boston. It will be a record number of women at the start line and it suggests that next year, for the first time, the majority of participants in the world’s most prestigious endurance race might not be men. Leading the fight will be the 16,560 women who make up 46 per cent of the entire field of runners in this 118th Boston Marathon. The Feinbergs first endowed a lecture series on behalf of the SUNY Oswego gender and women’s studies program in 2003.įor more information on this presentation, Cruisin’ the Campus and other events happening on the college’s campus or at its branch campus in Syracuse, visit /calendar.Next Monday, the Boston Marathon could well become the latest front in a second American Revolution. A graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications, Switzer resides with her husband in the Hudson Valley and in Wellington, New Zealand.

Switzer regularly serves as a keynote speaker, delivering socially significant messages to college, business, fundraising and sports groups. The woman who broke the gender barrier at the 1967 Boston Marathon, Switzer went on to win the 1974 New York City Marathon, write or co-author four books, found the Avon Global Women’s Circuit and win numerous awards for her service on behalf of women and her sport.Īs an Emmy Award-winning TV commentator, Switzer has covered the Olympics, world and national championships and several of America’s biggest marathons, including Boston. The free event also is part of Cruisin’ the Campus during spring break for area school districts parking is free and available in the employee and commuter lots near Sheldon Hall. Switzer will appear on behalf of the Bob ‘78 and Robbi Feinberg Family Fund series, which this year features presentations on sports and gender. Tuesday, April 26, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Running and women’s advocate Kathrine Switzer, a member of the National Women’s Hall of Fame, will speak at 6 p.m.

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