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Who was Dorothy Page?
Dorothy G. Page [January 23, 1921-November 16, 1989] became ka the Mother of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. She took her first steps in that direction, in 1966, when she presided over the Wasilla-Knik Centennial Committee. In that capacity, she helped organize the 100th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska from Russia. She decided, at the same time, to honor the historic role of mushers and sled dogs since aboriginal times. Dog sled races had once been run along the Iditarod. And so she also saw the event as support for National Historic Trail status to the Iditarod. Page and Joe Redington, Sr. [February 1, 1917-June 12, 1999], ka the Father of the Iditarod, had their 25 mi/40 km stretch of the 1,049 mi/1,600 km Trail all ready for racing day, February 1967. The first decade was rough, and there were some years in which the race wasn't held. But the route was extended to Nome, by 1973, and the winner's purse was increased to $51,000. Since then, the Iditarod has become ka the world's largest dog sled race. Dog mushing has become a major recreational sport, in Alaska. And the sled dog population has been saved from its dwindling numbers, and sorry existence, of the 1960s. For in that decade snowmachines and snowmobiles quickly took the place of sleds, for Alaskans getting around and staying in touch. After her death, Page was honored in the naming of the Dorothy G. Page Museum in Wasilla, and in the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award of the Iditarod. The latter is given to the first musher to get halfway through the race. For all of her enthusiasm and support, Page had never mushed. And so the ultimate honor was a posthumous naming as Honorary Musher in the 1997 Iditarod. Dorothy Page also may refer to the stage name of Dorothy Lillian Stofflett [March 4, 1904-March 26, 1961]. She was a movie actress and cowgirl singer, in the 1930s. Page's career began before she turned 21, with her portrait gracing the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. She thereby became ka as one of the country's ten most beautiful women. A music major in college, she won the Youth of America singing contest in 1929, and quickly became a radio singing star. In 1935, she directed her musical talent away from radio, and into an acting career in Hollywood. But her film career never took off in the way that her modeling and radio careers had. In 1938-1939, she was chosen to play a singing cowgirl in Westerns. But moviegoers were used to singing cowboys in previous productions. And so Page retired from singing/acting, and turned to a highly successful career in real estate. In the last decade of her life, she was diagnosed with cancer. The best treatments were deemed to be in Ft. Myers. So Page left California for LaBelle, Florida. There, cancer was the cause of death on March 26, 1961.
What is Mae jemison mother father name?
her father is charlie jemison and mother is Dorothy Jemision
Who is Aunt Em?
Aunt Em is the wife of Uncle Henry. Both she and her husband are the foster parents of Dorothy Gale. Dorothy is presented as an orphan in the Oz book series by Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919]. In the book, it isn't specified to which of her foster parents Dorothy is related. But later on in the series, readers may be given the idea that the blood ties are with Uncle Henry. For example, he tells Dorothy that like mother like daughter, Dorothy is a dreamer.
When was Dorothy Gale created?
Dorothy Gale was created in 1900.
Who did dorothy go to see the wizard of oz with?
Dorothy Gale went to see the wizard.
Who was the father and mother of the Iditarod?
Joe Redington Sr. is the father and the mother is Dorothy Page.
Who is known as the ''mother of the Iditarod trail sled dog race''?
Dorothy Page is known as the "mother of the Iditarod trail sled dog race."
Who is the mother of the Idiarod?
Dorothy G. Page is known as the Mother of the Iditarod. The Iditarod is a 1,049-mile sled dog race across the state of Alaska.
Why did the mother and father of the Iditarod want to start the Iditarod race?
The father of the iditarod is Joe Redington and the mother is Dorothy Page:)
Why is Joe Redington the Father of the Iditarod?
Joe Redington is known as the father of the Iditarod because Joe was the one who invented the Iditarod along with Dorothy G. Page
Why did the Iditarod start happening?
The idea of having a race over the Iditarod Trail was conceived by the late Dorothy G. Page.
Why was the Iditarod race start in the first place?
it was started because Joe Redington and Dorothy page felt that dog racing was important to Alaska's history
How do musher's train for the Iditarod?
That is what I'm trying to figure out and a little more the mother of the Iditarod race is Dorthy Page and the father is Joe Redington Sr. hate to help you By Anonymous
When did Dorothy Page die?
Dorothy Page died in 1989.
Who is the father mother of the iditarod?
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and 1969. The idea of having a race over the Iditarod Trail was conceived by the late Dorothy G. Page. In 1964, Page was chairman of the Wasilla-Knik Centennial and was working on projects to celebrate Alaska's Centennial Year in 1967.She was intrigued that dog teams could travel over land that was not accessible by automobile. In the early 1920's, settlers had come to Alaska following a gold strike. They traveled by boat to the coastal towns of Seward and Knik and from there, by land into the gold fields. The trail they used is today known as The Iditarod Trail, one of the National Historic Trails as so designated by the Congress of the United States. In the winter, their only means of travel was by dog team.http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.htmlthe mother is Dorthy Page and the father is Rick Swenson
Why was the first long Iditarod race run?
The Iditarod was conceived by Dorothy Page and Joe Redington as a way to keep dog sledding alive and a way to commemorate the serum run of 1925, in which a relay of dogsled teams brought diptheria to Nome, Alaska, saving the lives of many native children. :)
How did the Iditarod get it start?
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and 1969. The idea of having a race over the Iditarod Trail was conceived by the late Dorothy G. Page. In 1964, Page was chairman of the Wasilla-Knik Centennial and was working on projects to celebrate Alaska's Centennial Year in 1967.* http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html
