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Portrait of Susan Butcher

Susan Butcher

(1954–2006) Dogsled Musher

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Susan Butcher was a dogsled musher, best known for Granite.

Quick Facts About Susan Butcher

Born: December 26, 1954
Died: August 5, 2006
Profession: Dogsled Musher
Notable works: Granite

About Susan Butcher

Susan Howlet Butcher was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Susan Butcher

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

Empowering

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Personal sacrifices are really the beginning and the end of everything, because you don't win because you do one thing right or…

Ends

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Dogs have a lot to communicate to a person willing to listen.

Communicate

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A friend of mine said, 'Leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet,' and I agree with her. It's going to have to fight…

Agree

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I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't…

Big things

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I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.

Care

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