Mary Shields, the first woman to complete the Iditarod, has died at 80, according to family. Fellow musher Rod Perry raced alongside her during her first run in 1974. He told Alaska’s News Source that ...

Even more than 50 years after her historic ride, Mary Shields was still inspiring the next generation of female mushers. Shields, the first woman to finish the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, died ...