About Mary Shields

Mary Shields was a pioneer in women's dogsledding as the first woman to complete the Iditarod, a 1,000-mile (1609 km) historic dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome Alaska in 1974.

members

here now

Occupation: dogsled musher, writer, businessperson
Born: October 12, 1944
Died: July 2025

Everything about Mary Shields →

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Mary Shields

musher

0members1here now

Ask Genius Site

Site Journal

Not who you're looking for? Others named Mary Shields: Irish politician

Feed Discussions About

Sort by

Content type

Latest Mary Shields news and discussion

Sort by

Content type

Nothing published yet

The conversation starts anyway — post the first discussion above.

Mary Shields across IJR

Studio characters

Mary ShieldsThe musher, cornered at a party and loving it.Mary ShieldsThe Irish politician with nowhere else to be today.

Ask Genius by OpenServe about Mary Shields Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos

About Mary Shields

Mary Shields was a pioneer in women's dogsledding as the first woman to complete the Iditarod, a 1,000-mile (1609 km) historic dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome Alaska in 1974.

members

here now

Occupation: dogsled musher, writer, businessperson
Born: October 12, 1944
Died: July 2025

Everything about Mary Shields →

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Related journals

Connected

Waukesha South High School University of Alaska Fairbanks

Live room · 1 here

Be the first in the room — members see you arrive.

Join the room

Not who you're looking for? Others named Mary Shields: Irish politician

Related journals

Connected

Waukesha South High School University of Alaska Fairbanks

Mary Shields across IJR

Studio characters

Mary ShieldsThe musher, cornered at a party and loving it.Mary ShieldsThe Irish politician with nowhere else to be today.

Ask Genius by OpenServe about Mary Shields Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos