Overview
- A life-size bronze called The Girl Who Ran, sculpted by Gibb, now stands in Hopkinton after a near decade of fundraising led by the 26.2 Foundation.
- Gibb first ran Boston in 1966 as an unregistered runner after officials told her women were not allowed to enter.
- She slipped onto the course near the start, ran the full distance with the men, and proved she belonged on the same road.
- Gibb finished in 3:21:40, faster than most of that year's field, and the governor greeted her at the finish line.
- Her breakthrough helped drive change that led Boston to open to women in 1972, and later challenges like Kathrine Switzer’s 1967 bib incident accelerated a shift toward today’s near parity in participation.