Do women compete in the race? Have any women every won the race?
Yes, women have both competed in and won the Iditarod. In fact, women have raced in every Iditarod since 1974, and currently about a dozen women run the race every year. Two women have won the race. Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the race when she braved her way through a storm in the 1985 Iditarod. Susan Butcher has won four Iditarods in the years 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990.
