For Roberta “Bobbi” Gibb, being allowed to finish the Boston Marathon was of much greater concern than being physically capable of running 26.2 miles.

VICE Sports, Monica Prelle, April 14, 2016

Dressed in her brother's hooded sweatshirt and Bermuda shorts to disguise her femininity, Roberta Gibb hid in a forsythia bush on Hopkinton Street near the start line of the Boston Marathon.

By Michael Page, NECN

Fifty years ago, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, offered more than a starting line - it launched a movement.

Roanoke Times, April 14, 2016

"Bobbi's not only Boston's first woman runner, but she is a spectacular sculptor, which makes this an absolutely unique project," he said. "It's about time we honored her and those women who followed."

By Jen A. Miller, espnW.com, Apr 14, 2016

On a warm day in the winter of 1966, Bobbi Gibb was getting in a long run on the beach when she accidentally ran to Mexico. She was recently married to a Navy man, which brought her from her home in Massachusetts to San Diego, and to the Pacific Ocean. Running there was a new, even shocking experience for her.

“Running for me is like medicine,” says Bobbi Gibb, a Rockport resident who was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon.