Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in ... someone who turned the theories of the women’s movement into reality. In 1970, she coaxed the players now known as the Original 9 ...

“Billie Jean always credited my father with being ... It was hilarious . . . I was pathetic at first.” But by 1970, King won her first significant clay-court title, the Italian Open.

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American women ...

The latest TennisWorthy podcast from the International Tennis Hall of Fame features rare audio from Gladys Heldman and new ...

Billie Jean King – queen of the ’60s and ’70s tennis ... John Billie Jean first met tennis fan Elton John in the early 1970s and struck up a long-lasting friendship. In 1974 Billie Jean ...

Billie Jean King is officially a Barbie girl. The tennis icon, 76, is the latest female trailblazer to become one of the beloved dolls as part of Barbie’s Inspiring Women Series.

The Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge ... to multiple men's competitions in the Jacksonville Open in the 1960s and 1970s, where the victors included giants like Arthur Ashe and Jimmy Connors ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American ...