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“Woman and Man Playing Tennis,” by Edward Penfield, 1902. (LC-USZC4-2922)

Essay

The Battle of the Sexes

It’s hard to explain, if you weren’t there at the time, why the “Battle of the Sexes”—the 1973 tennis match between Billie...

Western High School Girls’ Basketball, Washington, DC, 1899. (Courtesy Library o

Essay

The Impact of Title IX

One of the great achievements of the women’s movement was the enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The law states...

Glossary Term – Event

Battle of the Sexes

Female tennis star Billie Jean King accepted a challenge from self-described “male chauvinist pig” and former Wimbledon winner Bobby Riggs. In a symbolic win for the women’s movement, King defeated Riggs in the tennis match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.”