Susan Butcher and Dorothy Page
                    Jessica, Rebecca, Kelly,   Mr. Eddy's 5th Grade

                      Susan Butcher won first, first, first and second, by less than
                one hour and first again. She finished among top five mushers.

                      Susan Butcher proved that women can compete in the
                Iditarod Race.  She was the first woman to finish the top 20,
                in the top 10, and in the top 5.

                      Dorothy Page together with friends reopened the first
               miles heat, three days race which has evolved into the pre-
               sent day Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
 

                  True or False:

            1.  Dorothy Page reopened the first miles of the
                 Iditarod Trail.      True  or  False

            2.  Susan Butcher in this order won first, second,
                 second and first in five hours and won second
                 again.       True  or  False

            3. Susan Butcher was the second woman to win the
                top 20.       True  or  False

            4.  Susan Butcher prove women can win.
                    True  or  False


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