PDF⋙ Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports by Susan Ware
Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports by Susan Ware Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports by Susan Ware PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad 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 revolution in women's sports, she quickly became one of its most enduring symbols, as did Title IX, a federal law that was initially passed in 1972 to attack sex discrimination in educational institutions but had its greatest impact by opening opportunities for women i
