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King, Billie Jean,

All in : an autobiography / - First edition. - 481 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes index.

"In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement"--

ISBN: 9781101947333 1101947330

LCCN: 2020055683

Subjects--Personal Names:
King, Billie Jean.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tennis players--United States--Biography.
Women tennis players--United States--Biography.
Lesbians--United States--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Lesbian biographies.
Biographies (LGBTQ)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: GV994.K56 / A3 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 796.342092 B