written with Johnette Howard to tell Billie Jean King’s life, from working-class roots, through a record tennis career, the Battle of the Sexes, and long activism for gender equality, racial justice. The memoir candidly explores personal struggles, such as her journey to live openly as a lesbian athlete, and how public scrutiny affected her career and finances. It offers leadership insights, athletics and social change, and social change with emphasis on, King’s commitment to equality beyond the sport. This memoir also examines identity and openness, family and community influence on her remarkable life journey.
Billie Jean Moffitt was born in Long Beach, California, on November 22, 1943. Her whole family was athletic. Her mother swam and her father played basketball. At a time when few dads encouraged their daughters to play sports, Billie Jean’s…
www.timeforkids.comBillie Jean King was born on November 22, 1943 at Long Beach, California. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School and later went to California State University, Los Angeles
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wams.nyhistory.orgAn inspiring and intimate self-portrait of the champion…
www.goodreads.comThe book covers King's Grand Slam and Wimbledon championships, the "Battle of the Sexes," her activism for women's and LGBTQ rights, as well as some joyous and painful chapters in her personal life.
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