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Billie Jean King
Founder of the WTA and Women's Sports Foundation; pioneer of women's sports media.
Off-the-field timeline
- 1973Business
Women's Tennis Association
First president of the women's players union.
Sources: billiejeanking.com ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ - 1974Philanthropy
Women's Sports Foundation
Started the foundation.
Sources: womenssportsfoundation.org ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ - 1974Film & Media
womenSports magazine
Co-founded the magazine with Larry King and Jim Jorgensen.
Sources: vault.si.com ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
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