Susan Howlet Butcher was an American dog musher. She was the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986. She died on August 5, 2006, after fighting graft-versus-host disease and learning that the cancer had returned.
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Susan Howlet Butcher was an American dog musher. She was the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, and the second four-time winner in 1990. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day. She died on August 5, 2006, after fighting graft-versus-host disease and learning that the cancer had returned. In 2007, Susan was inducted into the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame as one of the five charter members in the inaugural class.
On March 1, 2008, Gov. Sarah Palin signed a bill establishing the first Saturday of every March as Susan Butcher day. The day coincides with the traditional start of the Iditarianod each year. She also won the U.S. Victor Award for Female Athlete of the Year two years in a row.
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