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Mary Shields treated the second-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1974 as a “leisurely trip”—until she discovered that men were betting she wouldn’t make it. The women who bet on her success inspired her to complete the race. https://t.co/ch8CCiuXVm

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Mary Shields, First Woman to Finish the Iditarod, Dies at 80

She originally treated it as a ‘leisurely trip’—until she discovered that men were betting she wouldn’t make it, and women were taking the other side of those bets.