Billie Jean King A Smashing Biography

Author : Natasha Tristan
Publisher : UB Tech
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billie Jean King, A Smashing Biography written by Natasha Tristan and published by UB Tech. This book was released on with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports are an area where you need to be physically and mentally fit. There, feelings or thoughts do not show much value. But by editing the pages of history, a sports heroine appeared there. American female player Billie Jean King emerged by proving her excellence in tennis. She followed her ancestry and got into sports. Her parents and brother are experts in the field of sports. Once upon a time, women were silent in sports. With the arrival of Billie, she became the voice of change. She also became a voice and face for women’s struggles in that area. As her name “King” suggests, she has transformed into the head of women in sports. Among her advances, she brought revolutionary changes through the “Battle of the Sexes”, a challenge with a senior player like Bobby Riggs. In the future, Marilyn Barnett, who was with her, turned against Billie. It was a huge blow to the King. The mental strength she got in sports training brought her out of all problems. Billie Jean had a life of many “firsts”. Wimbledon, Grand Slam Titles, U.S. Open, etc are just a few of her achievements. Many organizations like the Women’s Sports Foundation, Women’s Tennis Association, etc. were born under Billie’s leadership. This is a book written by combining the most important moments and people of Billie Jean King’s personal and professional tennis life. Billie Jean Moffitt’s father Bill Moffitt, mother Betty Moffitt, brother Randy Moffitt, and ex-husband Larry King all come here as characters. The things and people that changed her life such as “The Battle of the Sexes”, Bobby Riggs, and Marilyn Barnett, are also introduced to the readers through this. The life of a woman sports player with a strong, assertive voice can be an example or inspiration to many.

Author : Billie Jean King
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780241988466
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All In written by Billie Jean King and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2022-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career -- six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement. She describes the myriad challenges she's hurdled -- entrenched sexism, an eating disorder, near financial ruin after being outed -- on her path to publicly and unequivocally acknowledging her sexual identity at the age of fifty-one. And she talks about how her life today remains one of indefatigable service. She offers insights and advice on leadership, business, activism, sports, politics, marriage equality, parenting, sexuality, and love. She shows how living honestly and openly has had a transformative effect on her relationships and happiness. Hers is the story of a pathbreaking feminist, a world-class athlete, and an indomitable spirit whose impact has transcended even her spectacular achievements in sports.

Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 0711246939
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billie Jean King written by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring life of Billie Jean King, the tennis star who has dedicated her life to breaking barriers both on and off the tennis court. Billie Jean began playing tennis at the age of 11. After one of her first tennis lessons, she told her mother, "I'm going to be No. 1 in the world," a title she would come to hold five times between 1966 and 1972. Twenty years later, she is still today considered one of the most successful women in sports history. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the amazing sportswoman's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

Author : Billie Jean King
Publisher : Lifetime Media
ISBN 13 : 9780981636801
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pressure is a Privilege written by Billie Jean King and published by Lifetime Media. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tennis star recounts her life and athletic career, from childhood, through her athletic successes, to her life after professional tennis, and discusses the life lessons that she learned at every stage along the way.

Author : Jim Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billie Jean King written by Jim Baker and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the tennis champion who has been a leader in making an equal place for women in athletics.

Author : Marshall Burchard
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sports Hero, Billie Jean King written by Marshall Burchard and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1975 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-read biography of the tennis player who has won every major tennis title open to women and has fought to get recognition and equal prize money for women's matches.

Author : Thomas Braun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780871912756
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billie Jean King written by Thomas Braun and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Billie Jean King, whose career in tennis has included work for women's equality.

Author : Raymond Arsenault
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439189056
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthur Ashe written by Raymond Arsenault and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A “thoroughly captivating biography” (The San Francisco Chronicle) of American icon Arthur Ashe—the Jackie Robinson of men’s tennis—a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual. Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943, by the age of eleven, Arthur Ashe was one of the state’s most talented black tennis players. He became the first African American to play for the US Davis Cup team in 1963, and two years later he won the NCAA singles championship. In 1968, he rose to a number one national ranking. Turning professional in 1969, he soon became one of the world’s most successful tennis stars, winning the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1975. After retiring in 1980, he served four years as the US Davis Cup captain and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985. In this “deep, detailed, thoughtful chronicle” (The New York Times Book Review), Raymond Arsenault chronicles Ashe’s rise to stardom on the court. But much of the book explores his off-court career as a human rights activist, philanthropist, broadcaster, writer, businessman, and celebrity. In the 1970s and 1980s, Ashe gained renown as an advocate for sportsmanship, education, racial equality, and the elimination of apartheid in South Africa. But from 1979 on, he was forced to deal with a serious heart condition that led to multiple surgeries and blood transfusions, one of which left him HIV-positive. After devoting the last ten months of his life to AIDS activism, Ashe died in February 1993 at the age of forty-nine, leaving an inspiring legacy of dignity, integrity, and active citizenship. Based on prodigious research, including more than one hundred interviews, Arthur Ashe puts Ashe in the context of both his time and the long struggle of African-American athletes seeking equal opportunity and respect, and “will serve as the standard work on Ashe for some time” (Library Journal, starred review).

Author : Billie King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578436685
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Billie written by Billie King and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billie: This Ain't No Billie Jean King Story is the autobiographical account of one woman learning to cope with her past and a unique set of trials of her own, all while being unintentionally linked to one of the most iconic women ever to play the game of tennis.

Author : Sasha Abramsky
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617758264
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Wonder written by Sasha Abramsky and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Masterfully captures the life of this little-known sportswoman, a versatile female athlete comparable to Babe Didrikson Zaharias.” —Booklist (starred review) Lottie Dod was a truly extraordinary sports figure who blazed trails of glory in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dod won Wimbledon five times, and did so for the first time in 1887, at the ludicrously young age of fifteen. After she grew bored with competitive tennis, she moved on to and excelled in myriad other sports: she became a leading ice skater and tobogganist, a mountaineer, an endurance bicyclist, a hockey player, a British ladies’ golf champion, and an Olympic silver medalist in archery. In her time, Dod had a huge following, but her years of distinction occurred just before the rise of broadcast media. By the outset of World War I, she was largely a forgotten figure; she died alone and without fanfare in 1960. Little Wonder brings this remarkable woman’s story to life, contextualizing it against a backdrop of rapid social change and tectonic shifts in the status of women in society. Paving the way for the likes of Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, and other top female athletes of today, Dod accepted no limits, no glass ceilings, and always refused to compromise. “Eighty-five years before Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs fought the ‘battle of the sexes,’ a Victorian teenager showed what women could do . . . [Abramsky] celebrates her as a brave and talented and determined original.” —The Atlantic