Billie Jean King
@BillieJeanKing
Sports Icon, Equality Champion, Founder of @BJK_Foundation, @adidas Global Ambassador.
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Need a little inspiration tonight?
Listen to my friend Brad Meltzer's commencement address University of Michigan.
'Every person you encounter is battling something you can't see...feel empathy!'
#Classof2024
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first World TeamTennis match ever played: Pittsburgh Triangles v. Philadelphia Freedoms.
World TeamTennis was a dream come true for me: women & men were equal.
It was important to me that kids watching us play could see exactly this.
Congratulations to Nancy Pelosi, Katie Ledecky, Ellen Ochoa, James E. Clyburn, and all the other recipients of the United States' highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
#elfpartner Fact: Women make up only 27% of US corporate boards.
Yet they’re 47% of the workforce. 🤯
That's why I’m joining forces with e.l.f. Cosmetics to smash the status quo on corporate board diversity. 💥
Learn how we can all #changetheboardgame together at…
Today, one of my dreams since childhood came true, as I became a Wheaties Champion.
Thank you to GMA3: What You Need To Know for celebrating with me today. 🥣💪
Today, the Women's Sports Foundation celebrates 50 years of helping girls and women succeed both on and off the field of play.
I was honored to lead a ceremonial lighting of the iconic Empire State Building in WSF colors, alongside Danette Leighton Danette Leighton, WSF President Scout Bassett,…
Did you know that May is #NationalTennisMonth ?
Thought I would celebrate by sharing a fun throwback photo.
The 1973 Wimbledon women's singles final was on a rain delay, so Chris Evert and I tried to keep the crowds happy while they waited.
Mother Nature wasn't…
36 years ago today, on April 30, 1988, I first met Venus Williams and Serena Williams at a Domino's Pizza World TeamTennis clinic in Long Beach, CA.
They were as impressive then as they are now.
📷: Carol Newsom, taken at our second meeting, 1992, with Rosie Casals.
“I want to see more women in business because it will give them access, relationships, and money, which means mobility and choices.'
An honor to be featured on the cover of The CEO Magazine, alongside ilanakloss.
Read: theceomagazine.com/business/cover….
Vitas Gerulaitis loved Studio 54, New York's most legendary night club.
I was lucky to have danced with him there, and I’ll never forget it.🕺
📷: Alamy
#InternationalDanceDay