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Pressure Is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes Hardcover - 2008

by Billie Jean King; Christine Brennan (With); Preface by Holly Hunter


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  • Title Pressure Is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes
  • Author Billie Jean King; Christine Brennan (With); Preface by Holly Hunter
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Lifetime Media, New York
  • Date 2008-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780981636801 / 0981636802
  • Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.66 x 5.54 x 0.72 in (19.46 x 14.07 x 1.83 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Conduct of life, Tennis players - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008924243
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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The tennis star recounts her life and athletic career, from childhood, through her athletic successes, to her life after professional tennis, and discusses the life lessons that she learned at every stage along the way.
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Athlete, coach, leader, activist, and one of the most illustrious and celebrated tennis players in history, Billie Jean King is recognized for her life-long struggle for gender equality, both on and off the court. Her work led to the landmark Title IX law requiring that girls/women and boys/men be given the same opportunity in sports, and she empowered women and educated men when she defeated Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes in 1973. Life magazine named King one of the "100 Most… Read More
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