ESPN 30For30: Six Who Sat

 
30-for-30

Webby Award winning! Before the 1970s, women were not welcome at the world's great marathons, but a few brave pioneers sought to challenge that system. Six Who Sat tells the story of two iconic moments in women's running, both captured in photographs. The first, from 1968, is of a race director trying to physically restrain a woman from running the Boston Marathon. The second, from 1972, is of a protest at the New York City Marathon that forever changed women's ability to participate in the sport they loved.

 

Producers: Amy Drozdowska, Khrista Rypl, Megan Shub
Executive Producer: Gretta Cohn

Gretta Cohn