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Billie Jean King: Woman
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As a foremother who had watched a young woman leave a parade of men in her Indy 500 dust, Billie Jean King was moved to dial up Janet Guthrie for a pioneer-to-pioneer chat. Without you, King would tell Guthrie's answering machine, there could not have been a Danica.
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With the birth of the "Open" era in 1968, King turned pro. This time she received more than a trophy for winning Wimbledon. She was on her way to becoming the first woman tennis player to earn more than $1 million and finished with $1,966,487 in prize money.
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When the open era began, King campaigned for equal prize money in the men's and women's games. As the financial backing of the women's game improved due to the efforts of World Tennis magazine founder, publisher and editor Gladys M. Heldman, King became the first woman athlete to earn over US$100,000 in prize money in 1971; ... inequalities continued.
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