Billie Jean King
Title
Billie Jean King
Subject
Tennis professional
Description
Star tennis player who helped integrate athletics and increase women's pay
Creator
Amy French
Source
Image: Wiki Commons
Birth Date
1943
Birthplace
Long Beach, California, USA
Occupation
Professional athlete
Biographical Text
King is a world-class professional tennis player having won numerous titles and championships. She is an ardent advocate for gender equality and her win in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 has greatly forwarded the way that society views female athletes. She has battled for social equality both on and off the tennis court. In 2009, King was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work advocating for the rights of women and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Bibliography
For an audio recording on Billie Jean King, Katherin Switzer, and Title IX, listen to "Education, Athletics, and Title IX" by Amy French: http://www.delta.edu/socsci/history/this-moment-in-time.aspx
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