Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Dogsled Race in Alaska. Riddles raced with a 13-dog team through blizzards; it took 18 days, 20 minutes, and 17 seconds, to win $50,000.
On Wednesday, March 20, 1985, at 9 a.m., Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the dog-pulling sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Riddles checked into ...