Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86. An obituary for Kuscsik said ...

Nina Kuscsik, who was the first celebrity of women’s marathoning and used her clout to agitate for the first women's Olympic ...

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

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

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

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

Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.