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

Contents

Prologue The Battle of the Sexes 1 1 The Making of a Sports Icon 15 2 In the Meantime The Early Days of Title IX 43 3 Billie Jean King, Inc. womenSports, the Women’s Sports Foundation, and World Team Tennis 75 Contents 4 Before the Sports Bra A Short History of Women’s Sports through the 1970s 117 5 The Feminist Moment That Wasn’t 147 6 The Perils of Celebrity and Sexuality The Outing of Billie Jean King 179 Epilogue The Incomplete Revolution 207 Notes 215 Acknowledgments 269 Index 273 Figure 1 Women’s sports participation, high school, 1969–1982 72 Figure 2 Women’s sports participation, collegiate, 1966–1982 73 A section of photographs begins on page 105. Illustrations This page intentionally left blank Game, Set, Match This page intentionally left blank ...