The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon

Poletti, Frances and Kristina Yee. Illus. by Susanna Chapman. 2017. 38p. Compendium, (9781943200474). K-Gr. 5.

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Bobbi Gibb would not take no for an answer when she was told that women couldn’t run in the Boston Marathon, becoming the first woman to run the race.

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9781943200474

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bloomer.jpg The Amelia Bloomer Book List
The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).
Please note, this award is now called "Rise: A Feminist Book Project"
2018 - Selection(s)