By Susan Ware
ISBN-10: 0807834548
ISBN-13: 9780807834541
ISBN-10: 1469622033
ISBN-13: 9781469622033
While King didn't single-handedly reason the revolution in women's activities, she speedy turned one among its such a lot enduring symbols, as did name IX, a federal legislation that used to be at first handed in 1972 to assault intercourse discrimination in academic associations yet had its maximum effect via beginning possibilities for girls in activities. King's position in tennis background is safe, and now, with Game, Set, Match, she will be able to take her rightful position as a key participant within the heritage of feminism besides. by means of linking the tales of King and identify IX, Ware explains why women's activities took off within the Nineteen Seventies and demonstrates how giving girls a carrying probability has completely replaced American existence off and on the taking part in field.
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