History has oftentimes sidetracked women and their abilities in favour of their “stronger” male counterparts, tipping the scales to one side unfairly, limiting their contributions to society to menial domestic tasks versus the “great” deeds credited to men in the pages of time. They say that behind every successful man stands a woman, a notion long-believed true only because traditional history has always mentioned women as mere associates to famous men. This repression of women has been going on for thousands of years mostly because of religious and political beliefs which are now, in modern days, being challenged.
Women have always proven that their abilities equal those of men, if not, even surpass them. Ladies who refused to remain silent and chose to break away from the bonds of male dominance, ironically, had to pretend and even tried to appear like the men they look to challenge just to show that they too can accomplish feats far greater than their brothers.
Here is a list of 10 Things Achieved by Women Masquerading as Men.
Katherine Switzer: The First Woman to Race in The Boston Marathon
In 1967, Katherine Switzer signed up to run in the Boston Marathon, until then an all-male sporting event as the belief at the time was that women were too dainty to run a full 42 kilometers, registering under a “generic” sounding name to get past the screening committee. K.V. Switzer, runner No. 261, arrived at the marathon wearing a baggy sweatshirt, which was the perfect disguise except for one thing…
