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Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports
Susan Ware
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Paperback. Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women s Sports" Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469622033
SKU
V9781469622033
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About Susan Ware
Susan Ware is an independent scholar who specializes in twentieth-century U.S. history, women's history, and biography.
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