Roberta Gibb : Simon Spotlight : 9781534409712 : 1534409718 : 13 Mar 2018 : Get to know the first woman to ever run in the Boston Marathon in this fascinating nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series of biographies about people &;you should meet!&; Meet Roberta Gibb. In 1966, Roberta was the first woman ever to run in the Boston Marathon. When Roberta applied for the event she received a letter saying women were not physically able to run marathons and therefore her request was denied. Roberta decided to run anyway, and told her mom, &;This is really going to change things for women.&; She disguised her appearance with a blue hooded sweatshirt pulled up over her head and her brother&;s Bermuda shorts. Instead of being ridiculed, when the men running realized she was a woman, they cheered her on as she became the first woman to ever complete the Boston marathon! A special section at the back of the book includes extras on subjects like history and math, plus exercise and nut