Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports

by Susan Ware

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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. In this winning combination of biography and history, Susan Ware argues that King's challenge to sexism, the supportive climate of second-wave feminism, and the legislative clout of Title IX sparked a women's sports revolution in the 1970s that fundamentally reshaped American society.

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Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0807834548

ISBN13:9780807834541

Release Date:March 2011

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.33 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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