#Billie Jean King

[samgirard]

billie jean king drops the first puck at the inaugural pwhl game | pwhl tor vs. ny | 1.1.24

#blayre turnbull #micah zandee hart #pwhl #pwhl toronto #pwhl new york #women's hockey #hockeyedit #mine #billie jean king #jayna hefford #you're crying from the first pwhl puck drop???? #billie jean king's rainbow watch peeking out from under her sleeve as she kisses the puck for the third time got to me okay

[porterdavis]

Fifty years ago tonight

Billie Jean King defeated Bobbie Riggs in straight sets to win the so-called 'Battle of the Sexes'. (Yes, she was allowed the doubles alleys but that patently didn't matter). I was tending bar in a sports bar/meat market in Denver (anybody remember the Bull & Bush?) and every TV was on the match.

The atmosphere slowly changed from raucous chauvinism to stunned silence as the whuppin' unfolded. People forget that in the early 70s there was a grim recession which pretty much ended the 'women's lib' movement as women were forced into the workforce (and bras were required).

In 1973 women couldn't open a bank account in their own name, or have a credit card. The 'weaker sex' wasn't a throwaway line, it was a belief. This night was one of the first cracks to appear in the macho world. As the Virginia Slims ad had hopefully said a few years earlier -- "you've come a long way, baby". There was/is still a long way to go.

#battle of the sexes #billie jean king #bobby riggs

[glimmerofawesome]

#billie jean king #espwnt #spain v england #august 20 2023 #wwc23 #wwc 2023 #pm gifs

[lisamarie-vee]

#elton john #1970s #rock and roll hall of fame #b&w #hatshop #billie jean king

[dozydawn]

#love how matchy matchy they are against each other at the us open. even the gold tone glasses + earrings #chris evert #billie jean king #1971 #1970s #tennis

[browsethestacks]

ESPN The Magazine: Sports Century 100

Art by Neal Adams

#Comics #ESPN #Sports #Boxing #Muhammad Ali #Neal Adams #Art #Recreation #Cover Recreation #Billie Jean King #Secretariat #Lou Gehrig #DC Comics #DC #Babe Ruth #Michael Jordan #Jackie Robinson #Wayne Gretzky #Larry Bird #Wilma Rudolph #Man o' War #Jack Nicholas #Mark Spitz #Greg Louganis #Richard Petty

[kellohara]

People Magazine and E.L.F. Cosmetics “Women Changing the Game” event honoring the 50th Anniversary of The Battle of the Sexes

#kelley o'hara #ali krieger #kristie mewis #billie jean king #well i got a lot of thoughts

[barbielore]

I previously did part one of a lengthy post about Barbie's careers and it occurred to me after posting it that I did not address Barbie's other major career: athletics. And the main reason for this is that it is hard to distinguish as a single "career".

If you break down each sport none of them touch the top careers, but "professional athlete" probably does - the only problem is determining when Barbie is meant to be depicting a professional athlete, or when she is a hobbyist or amateur.

Breaking down times Barbie appears to be depicted as a coach or instructor of any kind of athletic endeavour (including e.g. dance but not including non-physical pursuits like art or cooking) my count comes to 15 - putting it in frequency between veterinarian and actor.

When I tried to break down all other depictions of athletics, I lost count as I crossed 50. Assuming Wikipedia is accurate, the most common sports seem to be cheerleader, tennis player and gymnast with 10 each - 14 for figure skater and 12 for gymnast, if you count the Olympic variants.

This puts them above astronaut in terms of frequency, and figure skater then comes equal with veterinarian.

Once again I can't help but notice that there's a gender bias here - cheerleading and gymnastics both are female-dominated sports.

Tennis is a bit of an outlier - I don't mentally associate tennis as a particular female sport, but I do know that there are a history of extremely strong female proponents of tennis as a sport for women, and some of the best and certainly most famous tennis players in the world are women.

#barbie #barbie careers #tennis player barbie #gymnast barbie #ice skating coach barbie #soccer barbie #billie jean king

[annieqattheperipheral]

Queen billie jean king kissing the pwhl puck whilst wearing rainbow bracelet MY EYES ARE WELLED UP🥹😭💕 watching with my little nieces

#pwhl #pwhl lb #pwhl toronto #pwhl toronto lb #billie jean king

[outsideratheart]

Leah Williamson & Billie Jean King.

#Leah Williamson #billie jean king

[citizenscreen]

50 years ago today: in the highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. #OnThisDay (September 20, 1973)

#battle of the sexes #billie jean king #bobby riggs

[harris-krieger]

IG: alikrieger

#ali krieger #kelley o'hara #kristie mewis #billie jean king

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales, alongside Wimbledon member Ian Hewitt and tennis stars Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, attended Day 13 - Ladies’ Singles Finals Day - of The Championships Wimbledon | July 15 2023

#mine #royaltyedit #kate #billie jean king #martina navratilova #p: wimbledon #wimbledon23 2

[lisamarie-vee]

#billie jean king #tennis #1970s

[dozydawn]

“26th June 1962. Billie Jean King (née, Moffitt) of America, beat seeded player Margaret Smith of Australia on the first day of the Women's singles at Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club.”

#a cartoonist would not have to exaggerate a thing #billie jean king #tennis #1962 #1960s

[soovermyself]

At the VP’s residence in DC for the first ever celebration of women in sports with the Women’s Sports Foundation. (March 27, 2024)

#sophia bush #ashlyn harris #billie jean king #washington dc #women’s sports foundation