A vivid and inspiring autobiography by the woman who took on the tennis establishment and won Billie Jean King learned early that, as a girl who excelled at sport, she wouldn't always be treated fairly. There was the elementary school teacher who marked her down for using her "superior ability" during playground games, and the tennis official who pulled her, aged 10, from a players' photo during a California tournament because she was wearing shorts instead of a skirt. King went on to observe to...
A vivid and inspiring autobiography by the woman who took on the tennis establishment and won Billie Jean King learned early that, as a girl who excelled at sport, she wouldn't always be treated fairly. There was the elementary school teacher who marked her down for using her "superior ability" during playground games, and the tennis official who pulled her, aged 10, from a players' photo during a California tournament because she was wearing shorts instead of a skirt. King went on to observe to...
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