In a groundbreaking achievement, Libby Riddles etched her name in history in 1985 as the first woman to conquer the Iditarod.

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Libby Riddles made her own luck. On a Sunday night in 1985, she mushed 13 dogs out of Shaktoolik and into the teeth of a blizzard that pinned every other racer to the town. The daring move gave ...

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.

Libby Riddles' world is changing, but she's OK with that. Unusual weather is a continual curveball mushers like her have to deal with. Giant cruise ships are changing the same ways of life in her ...

Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles, illus. by Shannon Cartwright, recounts the 1,100-mile adventure, updating details in this new edition. An ...

Even today, the T-shirt slogan faintly echos: "Where men are men and women win the Iditarod." After Libby Riddles won the 1985 Iditarod and the late Susan Butcher followed up by dominating with four ...

When Libby Riddles left the Midwest for Alaska as a teenager, she was not setting out to make history. She was drawn instead to the wilderness, dogs and a life far removed from the one she had known ...