Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King became famous when she made the Woman's Tennis Association

Billie started to play tennis at the age of 11 after her tennis practice . She told her mom that she would be number one all over the world in tennis and later she started to compete.

Billie Jean King

By: Alberto Gaspar

Billie was raised by a Methodist family and she was very religious as a child and desired to become a preacher. Her parents were hard working. Billies mom had a job and had part time jobs like selling Tupperware and Avon while Billies dad was a engineer in the local fire department.

Hello, My name is Alberto Gaspar and today you will read about Billie Jean King and how she started to play tennis and became a famous player, her child hood, struggles and how she made a group of women tennis players.

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