Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-268) and index.
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The Battle of the Sexes -- The making of a sports icon -- In the meantime : the early days of Title IX -- Billie Jean King, Inc. : womenSports, the Women's Sports Foundation, and World Team tennis -- Before the sports bra : a short history of women's sports through the 1970s -- The Feminist Movement that wasn't -- The perils of celebrity and sexuality : the outing of Billie Jean King -- The incomplete revolution.
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When Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs in tennis's "Battle of the sexes" in 1973, she placed sports squarely at the center of a national debate about gender equity.
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Billie Jean King and the revolution in women's sports
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
King, Billie Jean.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sex discrimination in sports-- United States.
Women athletes-- United States-- Social conditions.