On Monday, runners will compete in the world’s oldest continually run marathon — the Boston Marathon. On this day in 1972, women were officially allowed to compete for the first time. But it wasn’t the first time a woman ran the race. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

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