Nina Kuscsik has died at the age of 86. Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and won the Boston ...

A pioneer in women’s running, Kuscsik first ran Boston in 1969, before women could even officially enter the race ...

Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first ...

Kuscsik won the women's division of the Boston Marathon in 1972, the first official year women were allowed to enter the Boston Marathon.