Tennis legend Billie Jean King ... to offer men and women equal prize money in 1973, which cemented her legacy as a champion of women's rights. That same year, King defeated Bobby Riggs in the ...

In the ensuing five decades, she’s remained dedicated to advocacy for equality in sports and to philanthropy that supports ...

Over the past century, struggles for equality and justice – for workers’ rights, women’s rights ... main facility in New York City the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Tennis legend Billie Jean King, an icon of women’s sports — and sports in general — will endorse U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill for New Jersey governor as the state’s fierce Democratic primary enters its ...

LOS ANGELES — Billie Jean King can work a room like few others in women’s sports. It is no different at the SheBelieves Summit in Los Angeles, as she headlines the U.S. Soccer event intended ...

Billie Jean King darts across a makeshift stage at the ... But, in a world where women's rights are constantly under threat, what's being done to safeguard their progress?

Legendary tennis player and women’s rights advocate Billie Jean King became the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, she announced in an Instagram post on ...

From reproductive rights to ... helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel and training grants, local sports programs and mentoring athletes and coaches. King will celebrate ...

Billie Jean King is losing patience ... the rulers of countries that criminalize homosexuality and curtail women’s rights. Nearly every year, she and Kloss sit in Wimbledon’s Royal Box.

in the women's singles final on day thirteen of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center. / Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images No athlete walking the earth has a more ...

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