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.
While King did not single-handedly cause the r.
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