Billie Jean King made sure USTA led the way on equal pay 50 years ...

Billie Jean King said the idea of fighting for equal pay at 1973 U.S. Open popped into her head during her winning press conference the year ...

Fifty Years Ago, Billie Jean King Won Equal Pay - The New York Times

The tennis champion's activism won equal pay for women at the 1973 U.S. Open. Now 79, she is still leading the fight for equity — in sports ...

Billie Jean King on her legendary career and fight for equal pay in ...

Today, some women's tennis players are among the highest-paid athletes in the world. But that wasn't always the case. Equal pay was a long ...

Billie Jean King reflects on 50th anniversary of equal prize money at ...

While tennis has led the way for women in many ways over these 50 years, she says that women's sports on the whole are at a "tipping point" as ...

Fifty years after Battle of the Sexes, gender equity in tennis remains ...

In 1973, Billie Jean King founded the WTA, fought for equal pay at the US ... This year marked 50 years of equal pay at the tournament ...

50 Years of the Battle of the Sexes - New York Post

Bobby Riggs wouldn't take no for an answer. The 55-year-old former Wimbledon and US Open tennis champion had been goading Billie Jean King ...

Billie Jean King on How Being 'the Mother of Sports' Led to Her ...

There was no way we could make a living, that's for sure. Whereas ... King won her fight for equal pay at the storied tournament. Gauff ...

US Open to celebrate 50 years of equal prize money achievement

Billie Jean King speaks to the media before the first-round Fed Cup tennis matches between the United States and Australia, Feb. 9, 2019 ...

How Billie Jean King Led the Equal Pay for Play Battle | HISTORY

From the start, the 39‑time Grand Slam winner showed that she wasn't just an ace on the tennis courts, but also in the long fight for gender ...

A Celebration of 50 Years of Equal Prize Money at the US Open

... Billie Jean King, who fought for pay equality in tennis. The editorial team produced content that honored the efforts of previous generations while ...

Billie Jean King's push for equal prize money in 1973 celebrated at ...

That led the U.S. Tennis Association to make the 1973 U.S. Open the ... pay until 2001, five years before the French Open winners were paid ...

50 years after Billie Jean King's rebellion, is tennis pay really equal?

The short answer is that it's come a very long way. Back in 1970, some tournaments paid women an eighth or even a tenth of what the men made.

Equal Pay in Sports Began 50 Years Ago, Due to Billie Jean King

At this year's U.S. Open, which starts today, the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) is celebrating 50 years of equal pay. There are posters of King ...

How Billie Jean King helped blaze the trail to equal prize money

... tennis 50 years ago, both facets came into play. The major changes that took place—most notably, when the 1973 US Open became tennis' first ...

US Open Uses AR to Celebrate 50 Years of Equal Prize Money

... tennis icon Billie Jean King, who originally advocated for equal pay for women. The lens places sunglasses featuring a “reflection” of New ...

Billie Jean King reflects on 50 years of equal pay at the US Open

Billie Jean King has been speaking about her actions that led to the US Open offering men and women equal prize money…

Billie Jean King Believes We're at a "Tipping Point" in Women's Sports

It's been 50 years since the U.S. Open established equal pay, and King ... While the Grand Slams in tennis have led the way in equal pay, other ...

Equal pay at the U.S. Open started with Billie Jean King and a ...

The U.S. Open is celebrating 50 years since becoming the first Grand Slam to offer men and women equal prize money — and King's efforts in ...

Julia Gets Wise with Billie Jean King | Lemonada Media

... equal pay not just in tennis, but way way beyond. She founded and led the ... Sure. Billie Jean King 50:27. Or whatever, because we never know, I think ...

ICYMI: As Part of the U.S. Open, Sherrill Pens “Champions of ...

... 50 years since Billie Jean King led the charge for equal prize money for men and women tennis players. Congresswoman Sherrill has been a ...