Famous folks from Cambridge

Roberta 'Bobbi' Gibb She was the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon. The Cambridge-born runner went to Tufts, where her father was a professor. The night of the race, she arrived in town and surprised her parents with a phone call detailing her intentions to run. 'I had to convince my mother that I wasn't totally mad. At first, she didn't understand, until I said, 'Look, mom, I'm doing this for myself, but I'm also doing it for all women,' <a href='http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-26/sports/29706285_1_roberta-gibb-bobbi-gibb-jock-semple '>she recalled.
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Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb

She was the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon. The Cambridge-born runner went to Tufts, where her father was a professor.

The night of the race, she arrived in town and surprised her parents with a phone call detailing her intentions to run.

"I had to convince my mother that I wasn't totally mad. At first, she didn't understand, until I said, "Look, mom, I'm doing this for myself, but I'm also doing it for all women," she recalled.