*MAKERS, Women who make America, PBS now.

[elleng]

including Betty Friedan, Sandra Day O'Connor, Gloria Steinem, Ruth Simmons, Judy Blume, and MANY others.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Love the opening with him getting knocked on his ass and...

she ends up the hero.

Really good so far-- not a lot of lecturing, just stories showing how it used to be and how far everyone's come. And not forgetting how far we have to go.

(Judy Woodruff's intro on the News Hour was great, too.)

[elleng]

2. Yes Yes, and

wish I recalled name of marathoner!

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Now you'll never forget it...

http://kathrineswitzer.com/

[elleng]

5. SURE WON'T!

What the heck was I doing that day??? 1967, first year out of college, no tv in apartment with friends in Chicago, guess not quite yet tuned in.

[Iris]

3. It was a good opening. And interesting as about a year ago, this story was told differently.

In the PBS clip, they identified the two men with her as her boyfriend and coach. THEY were the ones that came to her aid but what was told in the article I saw last year, it was implied that fellow runners who were strangers helped her knock the guy out of the way.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. At the link above she tells her version of the story, and...

whilst I can't help but notice her flair for self-promotion, I would never accuse her of making it up when she says it was the coach and boyfriend.

She mentions other runners giving the manager the finger when he ordered her out of the race the second time, and that may have been part of the confusion.