Billie Jean King is one ... to the women’s movement. King was named one of the ‘100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century’ by Life Magazine and, in 2009, President Obama awarded ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

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Billie Jean King won a dozen Grand Slam singles titles ... It was for King's crusading that Life magazine in 1990 named her one of the "100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century." ...

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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two members of the House of Representatives say the have lined up enough votes to make Billie Jean King the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal to that list. “Billie Jean King broke ...

Billie Jean King won six Wimbledon singles ... She was carrying the flag; it was all right to be a jock." It was for King's crusading that Life magazine in 1990 named her one of the "100 Most ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

Billie Jean King will become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after a bill to honor the tennis legend passed.