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

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Game, Set, Match The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill Susan Ware Game, Set, Match Billie Jean King AND THE REVOLUTION IN WOMEN’S SPORTS This volume was published with the assistance of the Greensboro Women’s Fund of the University of North Carolina Press. Founding contributors: Linda Arnold Carlisle, Sally Schindel Cone, Anne Faircloth, Bonnie McElveen Hunter, Linda Bullard Jennings, Janice J. Kerley (in honor of Margaret Supplee Smith), Nancy Rouzer May, and Betty Hughes Nichols.© 2011 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved. Designed by Courtney Leigh Baker. Set in Arno Pro with Gotham by Rebecca Evans. Manufactured in the United States of America. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ware, Susan, 1950– Game, set, match : Billie Jean King and the revolution in women’s sports /Susan Ware. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3454-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. King, Billie Jean. 2. Women tennis players—United States—Biography. 3. Sex discrimination in sports—United States. 4. Women athletes— United States—Social conditions. I. Title. GV994.K56W37 2011 796.342092—dc22 [B] 2010032662 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 To Imogene Fish, Trailblazer ...