Nina Kuscsik, a pioneer for women's distance running who became the first female to win the Boston Marathon in 1972, has died ...

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

An obituary said Nina Kuscsik died June 8 of respiratory failure after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

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.

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon in 1972, is dead ...