The sky is the limit for Billie Jean King. The tennis legend — dubbed “Equality Champion” — is setting her sights on a new ...
More than five decades after tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in what was known as the “Battle of the Sexes, ...
Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...
On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King bested Bobby Riggs, in what was dubbed The Battle of the Sexes tennis match. Riggs was misogynist who claimed women were inferior and he could beat any female ...
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie Jean King, bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honor on a female ...
Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps.
In the summer of ‘74, new pals Billie Jean King and Elton John were driving ... While Elton’s longtime songwriting partner, lyricist Bernie Taupin, had initially balked at the assignment ...
Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced ...