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Libby Riddles

Libby Riddles is an American dog musher, who became the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 20, 1985. After finishing 18th and 20th in the 1980 and 1981 Iditarod races, she mad ethe decision to breed her own sled dogs. She later moved to Teller, Alaska where she started breeding and training dogs.
Riddles wrote three books about her experiences and became a professional speaker. In 2007, her Iditarod Trail Race victory was declare a “Hall of Fame Moment” by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame.

Alice Greenough Orr

Alice Greenough Orr went from being Montana rancher’s daughter to an internationally renowned rodeo performer and organizer. She was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame in the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame in Wolf Point, Montana. She is considered “hands down the first rodeo queen.”

“The Oriental Witches”

1960s Japanese national women’s volleyball team, who dominated the 1964 Olympics (the first time volleyball was an Olympic sport)