But all the while, tennis was a stage for something bigger. The New York Historical Society is hosting a Billie Jean King photography exhibit at her namesake library in Long Beach from now until ...

Billie Jean King made her professional tennis debut in Cannes ... The daughter of a fireman from blue-collar Long Beach, Calif., she has a conservative side to go with the progressive one ...

The great news was that Billie Jean’s education took place in the most tennis-rich part of the world, sun-drenched Southern California. In her hometown of Long Beach, King’s first teacher was ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

Billie Jean King ... tennis, because it involved running and hitting a ball. "I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life," she said. Developing her game on the Long Beach ...

She was born Billie Jean Moffitt on Nov. 22, 1943 in Long Beach ... Her father suggested tennis, because it involved running and hitting a ball. Billie Jean King won 12 Grand Slam singles titles.