Equal Pay in Sports Began 50 Years Ago

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

Yes, 50 years. The U.S. Open started paying women the same as men back in 1973. For a comparison just within the sport of tennis, the Australian ...

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

It was a heady time for women's sports. In 1972, Congress enacted Title IX, which prohibited sex discrimination in schools and thus led to the ...

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

"Sports is a microcosm of society," says Billie Jean King, who in 1973 won the first victory for equal pay in sports.

Gender Pay Gap in Sports: A History - SunDevil Times

On Feb. 22, 2022, a Los Angeles judge approved a $24 million lawsuit settlement that would guarantee equal pay to members of the United ...

Male vs. Female Professional Sports Salary Comparison

Tennis has made moves to increase equal pay between their male and female players, and today all four major tennis tournaments offer equal prize ...

The Fight for Equal Pay in Women's Sports

April 2 – Equal Pay Day – marks the day U.S. women have finally earned the same amount of money as the average man did in 2018. Sports have ...

2023 US Open to celebrate 50 years of equal prize money

The great Billie Jean King became the pioneer for equal prize money when she won the women's singles title at the 1972 US Open and unequivocally ...

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 Open and beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes.

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

Amna Nawaz spoke with King at the US Open as the tournament marked 50 years since it became the first US sporting event to offer equal prize money for men and ...

50 years of equal prize money in the US Open - The Pirate's Eye

They signed this contract because they wanted to protest against the gender inequality in tennis pay rate. Despite the male dominated industry, she wanted to ...

US Open: 50 years on from first equal pay triumph - DW

Much has changed in the tennis world in the half-century since equal prize money was awarded to men and women for the first time at the 1973 ...

Celebrating 50 years of equal prize money: A collection - USOpen.org

In 1973, the US Open became the first of the four Grand Slam tournaments to offer equal prize money to men and women competitors.

50 Years of Title IX: How One Law Changed Women's Sports Forever

In 1972, no one dreamed a dry, 37-word clause tucked inside a new education legislation would reshape women's sports forever.

A History of Women in Sport Prior to Title IX

It required American society to recognize a woman's right to participate in sports on a plane equal to that of men. Prior to 1870, activities ...

Gender equality through time: at the Olympic Games

The IOC has played an important role in enhancing women's participation in sport. Over the last 20 years, the IOC has been advocating for the participation ...

History of Gender Inequality in Sports: Definitive Guide - Goal Five

When Title IX of the Education Act of 1972 passed, just 2% of college athletic budgets were accessible to female athletes, and women's athletic ...

Timeline of the gender pay gap in sports - Wikipedia

It includes the major events that resulted in the equal pay of male and female athletes in varying sports across the world. The first major event that got ...

Women's Equal Rights in Sports | Billie Jean King

As a result of her advocacy, the U.S. Open became the first major tournament to offer equal prize money to both sexes. All four Grand Slams now offer equal ...

How Title IX changed sports, inclusion for women over the past 50 ...

Also that year, Ann Meyers becomes the first woman to receive a four-year athletic scholarship, opening the door for thousands of young women to ...

U.S. Open's Equal Pay Can't Close the Tennis Gender Gap

... the next year if the prize money was not equal. In 1973, exactly 50 years ago, the U.S. Open became the first major to pay men and women equally ...