Billie Jean King serving the ball during a match at Wimbeldon, 1970. / Tony Duffy/GettyImages There are four main types of tennis surfaces people can play on: grass, carpet, clay, and the hard court.

They show the world in the 1970s that women don’t simply belong ... the story of the famous primetime tennis match between ...

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in ... someone who turned the theories of the women’s movement into reality. In 1970, she coaxed the players now known as the Original 9 ...

In 1970, when King and eight other female players ... In 2006, the US Tennis Association named its main facility in New York City the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American women ...

Welcome to the 1970s, a strange mélange of grimy New York City streets, the hardscrabble blue-collar strength of union ...

NEW YORK (AP) Billie Jean King believes Caitlyn Jenner has given ... given they were two of the most recognizable athletes in the 1970s. ''He was amazing when he won the decathlon, so I would ...

Billie Jean King – queen of the ’60s and ’70s tennis ... John Billie Jean first met tennis fan Elton John in the early 1970s and struck up a long-lasting friendship. In 1974 Billie Jean ...

Another thing that helps motivate Meyer is the work tennis great Billie Jean King did for the female sports ... Meyer took up ...

Donny Osmond isn't sure he "would have survived show business" without his family. The 66-year-old singer shot to fame alongside his brothers as part of the Osmonds in the early 1970s before breaking ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles championships ... in furthering the cause of women's struggle for equality in the 1970s. She was instrumental in making it acceptable for American ...

But when I ask those same students if they recognize the name Billie Jean King, only a handful can do ... Her advocacy for women’s sports in the 1960s and 1970s revolutionized school, amateur ...