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	Susan Butcher - MSN Encarta
		Susan Butcher (1954-2006), American sled-dog racer, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the most demanding race of its kind.
		The next year she finished ninth, and soon after the race she helped lead the first sled-dog team to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, a peak in south central Alaska that is the highest in North America.
		Butcher placed fifth in the Iditarod in both 1980 and 1981.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761582411/Susan_Butcher.html (264 words)

	Blog of Death: Susan Butcher
		Although Butcher was raised in Cambridge, Mass., she always yearned to live in the country.
		Butcher was even known to walk in front of her team in non-racing situations to lead them through bad snow storms.
		Butcher was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in 2005.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001566.html (1028 words)

	Iditarod Legend Dies Of Leukemia, Susan Butcher, 51, Won The Alaskan Dog Sled Race 4 Times - CBS News
		Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of a reoccurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant, her doctor said.
		Butcher was known as a focused and confident competitor, who loved her dogs, and insisted they remain fit and disciplined.
		Butcher planned to compete in a 300-mile race last winter, but was unable to compete after she was diagnosed with leukemia in early December.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/06/sportsline/main1868240.shtml (693 words)

	Susan Butcher, legendaria 'musher' de trineos \| elmundo.es
		Butcher atiende a uno de sus perros en la carrera de Iditarod de 1994.
		SEATTLE (EEUU).- La legendaria 'musher' de trineos tirados por perros Susan Butcher, cuatro veces campeona de la carrera de Iditarod, murió el 5 de agosto en un hospital de Seattle (EEUU) a los 51 años, debido a complicaciones tras un trasplante de médula ósea.
		Butcher popularizó en Estados Unidos las carreras de trineos a finales de los 80 al convertirse en la ganadora de la difícil contienda de Iditarod, que se corre a lo largo de 1.760 kilómetros entre Anchorage y Nome, en Alaska.
	www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2006/08/07/obituarios/1154947244.html (374 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Mushers remember Susan Butcher's grit, willpower
		Butcher was diagnosed with acute myelogenous lymphoma on Dec. 6.
		Butcher's string of victories in the male-dominated race inspired a pithy T-shirt slogan: “Alaska: Where men are men and women win the Iditarod.”; No woman since Butcher has won, although this year's race featured four women in the top 20 of the 71 teams that finished.
		Butcher and her family were in the Yukon River town of Ruby chatting with exhausted mushers in the spruce log community center.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20060806-1812-butcher-legacy.html (912 words)

	Susan Butcher, 51; Iditarod Dog Sled Champion Racer
		Susan Butcher, 51, whose four victories in the grueling Iditarod dog sled race across Alaska made her a symbol of self-reliance and perseverance, died of leukemia Aug. 5 in Seattle.
		Butcher was born in Boston and once described herself as dyslexic without an affinity for formal classroom education.
		Butcher's last Iditarod was in 1994; she gave up racing to have children.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/06/AR2006080600830.html (714 words)

	Mushers remember Susan Butcher's grit - Boston.com
		Butcher, who withdrew, was leading when the moose attacked and many believe it cost her the championship.
		Butcher's string of victories in the male-dominated race inspired a pithy T-shirt slogan: "Alaska: Where men are men and women win the Iditarod." No woman since Butcher has won, although this year's race featured four women in the top 20 of the 71 teams that finished.
		Butcher and her family were in the Yukon River town of Ruby chatting with exhausted mushers in the spruce log community center.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/08/06/mushers_remember_susan_butchers_grit (966 words)

	Susan Butcher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was a dog musher who rose to fame when she became the second woman to win the Iditarod dogsled race in 1986, and went on to become the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years.
		Butcher was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in nearby Cambridge, a lover of dogs and the outdoors.
		Living in Alaska, Susan Butcher began training to compete in the Iditarod sled-dog race, a grueling 1,049-mile race through arctic blizzard conditions across the Alaska wilderness, which tests the endurance of both mushers and dogs over the course of one to two weeks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Susan_Butcher (563 words)

	4-time Iditarod champ Susan Butcher dies - Boston.com
		Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of complications from a recent bone marrow transplant, a hospital spokeswoman said.
		Butcher died Saturday Aug. 5, 2006, in a Seattle hospital of complications from a recent bone marrow transplant, Sen. Ted Steven's office said.
		Butcher planned to compete in a 300-mile race last winter, but was unable to compete after she was diagnosed with leukemia in early December.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2006/08/05/4_time_iditarod_champ_susan_butcher_dies (502 words)

	Susan Butcher Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Susan Howlet Butcher was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
		Butcher, who raced in her first Iditarod in 1978, finished in the top five from 1980 to 1984.
		Butcher lived with her husband, fellow dogsled racer David Monson, in the remote area of Eureka, where they raised two daughters and a pack of wonderful sled dogs.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/but0bio-1 (683 words)

	Susan Butcher Interview -- Academy of Achievement
		Susan Butcher: My first memories are not of knowing anything about Alaska, but of wanting to live in the wilderness, loving the country, and at that time, at least in my youth when I was in a city, hating city life.
		Susan Butcher: There was not one single moment that told me I wanted to become a professional dog musher.
		Susan Butcher: It never did occur to me that this was something a woman shouldn't do.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/but0int-1 (2218 words)

	USATODAY.com - Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		ANCHORAGE — Four-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher died Saturday in a Seattle hospital of a reoccurrence of leukemia after a recent stem-cell transplant, her doctor said.
		Butcher received chemotherapy for the leukemia and was moved to intensive care Friday at the University of Washington Medical Center.
		Butcher was known as a focused and confident competitor, who loved her dogs, and insisted they remain fit and disciplined.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/2006-08-05-butcher-obit_x.htm (621 words)

	NPR : A Woman Who Did Not Know the Word 'Quit'
		Susan Butcher is a heroic figure to women, competing on equal footing with men and winning, and also to all those who love Alaska, dogs, and the Iditarod.
		Susan will be missed by more people than you can ever dream of knowing, her legend lives on, her influences on women, people, the Iditarod and life in general will not go away just because you can't stop trashing her and this great race.
		Susan Butcher may have kept her dogs on chains some of the time but they were also allowed to run loose and play with each other.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5623940 (6531 words)

	Warehouse Cooperative School People
		Butcher is a handsome woman who wears her hair in two waist-length braids, and whose fresh-scrubbed complexion and soft features belie the 16 years that she has spent fighting subzero temperatures and razor-sharp winds.
		Butcher rises at six o'clock in the morning to care for the dogs that are vying for spots on her race team.
		Susan's burning desire was to live with animals in the wilderness, but the time she spent in Boulder helped her formulate the plans that led her to Alaska.
	warehouseschool.net /people/susan_butcher.html (5907 words)

	Current Biography Excerpts: Sled Dog Racing
		Susan Butcher, who is one of only two people to win the world-famous Iditarod sled-dog race at least four times, also holds the record for the fastest completion of that grueling competition.
		Butcher, who has competed in the Iditarod every year since 1978, finished first in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990, came in second three times, and finished in the top five a total of nine times.
		Although Butcher believes that women have greater potential for endurance than men and a stronger tolerance for pain and discomfort--both major ingredients for success in sled-dog racing--she has otherwise never ascribed any importance to her gender as a factor in that male-dominated sport.
	www.hwwilson.com /currentbio/sleddog.html (196 words)

	The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Susan Butcher, 1954-2006 (updated)
		Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditirarod sleg dog race and at one time the dominant athlete in her sport, has died at 51:
		Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, was determined to conquer her leukemia, just as she had triumphed over the grueling 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome.
		Butcher was not the first woman to win the Iditarod, but she dominated the 1,150-mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome during the 1980s and early 1990s.
	theglitteringeye.com /?p=2230 (1034 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Susan Butcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Butcher got her injured huskies to a nearby vet and lived there for two weeks until the last one was well enough to leave.
		Butcher retired from racing in 1994, aged 39, to raise a family with her husband, Dave Monson, a musher and former lawyer.
		Susan Butcher is survived by her husband and their two daughters.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=1159962006 (957 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Iditarod Champ Susan Butcher
		Butcher and her dogs were inseparable, said Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, a friend who recalled her showing up at his Washington, D.C., home with a truck full of huskies.
		Butcher entered her first Iditarod in 1978 and by 1980 was regularly finishing in the top five.
		Butcher quit racing in 1994 to slow down her life and have children — two daughters — with husband and fellow sled dog racer David Monson.
	investors.com /editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=21&issue=20061019&rss=1 (1228 words)

	adn.com \| Susan Butcher
		Many of us feel as though we knew Susan Butcher, even if the extent of our knowledge consisted of watching her and her dogs on Fourth Avenue each March at the start of the Iditarod.
		Fresh from what she described as a "magical week" along the Iditarod Trail, not as a musher but as an observer, Susan Butcher was in high spirits Wednesday.
		Four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Susan Butcher, who battled ferocious Bering Sea storms to dominate dog-mushing in the 1980s and become one of the nation's most celebrated sportswomen, is now fighting for her life in a Seattle hospital.
	www.adn.com /news/alaska/butcher (639 words)

	† Susan Butcher 05-08-2006 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Susan Howlet Butcher was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
		Butcher, who raced in her first Iditarod in 1978, finished in the top five from 1980 to 1984.
		Butcher lived with her husband, fellow dogsled racer David Monson, in the remote area of Eureka, where they raised two daughters and a pack of wonderful sled dogs.
	www.flickr.com /photos/gavrila/274125097 (631 words)

	Susan Butcher, Winner of Iditarod, Loses Battle With Cancer at 51 - Health - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		SEATTLE _ Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, was determined to conquer her leukemia, just as she had triumphed over the grueling 1,100-mile race from Anchorage to Nome.
		Butcher, who helped drive the first sled-dog team to the top of 20,320-foot Mount McKinley in 1979, retired from the Iditarod in 1994 when she decided to have children with her husband, attorney and fellow musher David Monson.
		Despite Butcher's accomplishments as a musher, she was most proud of being "the best mom she could be," Monson said, struggling with tears.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/604295/susan_butcher_winner_of_iditarod_loses_battle_with_cancer_at/index.html?source=r_health (705 words)

	Susan Butcher
		Chances are you have no idea who Susan Butcher is. Most people in the lower forty-eight don't keep up with women who live in Alaska in remote cabins and train dogs to pull sleds.
		I first read about the race and Susan Butcher's chances to win it in a Sports Illustrated article which, along with People magazine, is one of two periodicals I use to keep abreast of what's happening in the real world.
		Susan had to withdraw from the race everyone expected her to win.
	journals.aol.com /jevanslink/AskMrsLinklater/entries/2006/08/06/susan-butcher/2457 (1114 words)

	Astrology Software for Research - Susan Butcher - astrology chart
		Butcher grew up in Cambridge, MA in an upper middle class neighborhood, not far from Harvard.
		Butcher loved the solitude, the privacy, and her uninterrupted focus on breeding, training, and bonding with her dogs.
		Susan Butcher was a wonderful example of someone who followed her heart.
	www.astrodatabank.com /NM/ButcherSusan.htm (1549 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Iditarod musher Susan Butcher has died at 51
		ANCHORAGE, Alaska –; Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, has died in a Seattle hospital of complications from a recent bone marrow transplant, according to U.S. Senator Ted Steven's office.
		Butcher dominated the 1,100-mile sled dog race — the world's longest — in the late 1980s.
		Butcher ran her last Iditarod in 1994 when she decided to have children.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003178507_webbutcher06.html (317 words)

	Susan Butcher dies of AML at age 51 - She was the four time Iditarod Winner - Alaska 1986, 1987, 1988, & 1990
		Susan Butcher dies of AML at age 51 - She was the four time Iditarod Winner - Alaska 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990
		Susan Butcher was diagnosed with Leukemia this month and is in Seattle undergoing treatment.
		Susan Butcher is a true champion who loves her sport and her dogs more than Rick Swensen loves his "Friday Juice".
	www.valdezlink.com /pages/susanbutcher.htm (450 words)

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