Who Is Billie Jean King? [Hardcover]

Learn about the amazing life of the former world No. 1 tennis player who fought for gender equality in sports! Billie Jean King's legacy as a tennis star, a feminist, and an LGBTQ+ trailblazer shines through in this addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Series.

Billie Jean King grew up in a family of athletes. It was no surprise when she quickly began to excel at tennis. She became the top female singles player in the world and won 129 career singles titles, including Wimbledon and the US Open. Beyond being an excellent athlete, Billie Jean King used her voice to stand up for other women playing tennis who were not paid nearly as much as male players. In 1973, Billie Jean captured the world's attention when she beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, proving women were just as good at tennis as men. She went on to found the Women's Tennis Association, and thanks to her efforts, women athletes worldwide were finally able to be taken seriously and paid fairly.Sarah Fabiny has written several Who HQ titles, including Who Was Ida B. Wells?, Was Was Frida Kahlo?, and What Is NASA?

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Twenty-nine-year-old Billie Jean King could hardly hear herself think as she waited in the locker room for the tennis match to start. More than thirty thousand spectators filled the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. They were shouting and whistling and stomping their feet. Every other tennis match that Billie Jean had played required that the audience be quiet and respectful. But this match on September 20, 1973, was different. It wasn’t a match in an official tennis tournament. Billie Jean wasn’t trlS'