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By: Alberto GasparIntroduction: Billie Jean King
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.
Billie's Child Hood
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.
Playing Tennis
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.
How she became famous
Billie Jean King became famous when she made the Woman's Tennis Association