Jackie Jean King Women's Equality
Meghan Vaughn
Professor Moore
HPE 125
14 August 2016
Since before time women have struggled with equality rights. Whether it has been in sports, politics, education, or simple every day life. In the book, Game, Set Match by Susan Ware, Billie Jean King struggles to compete with equality in her tennis career. King’s advocacy for women’s equality has also been influential for the women who are associated with sports. In Billie Jean King’s life she had to undergo personal obstacles to gain any amount of women equality. However, one of the first obstacles King had to face was when she was starting college. King was raised in a fairly poor family in the 1940s (Ware 16) so money was an issue when it came to college, sports, and traveling for
sports. As a student at California State University (Ware 24), and with also holding a nationally ranked title for tennis, (Ware 24) you would assume that King automatically got some sort of scholarship. However, scholarships for women were “nonexistent” (Ware 24). With being financially unstable, King had to overcome her obstacle by starting to work side jobs to pay school expenses and by limiting her tennis schedules to the summer (Ware 24). Quickly, did Billie Jean King realize that she was not going to reach her goal as being the top; therefore she decisively dropped out of California State and headed across the country to Australia (Ware 25). There, Mervyn Rose will coach King and her financial burden will be paid by an “Australian Benefactor” (Ware 2
Professor Moore
HPE 125
14 August 2016
Since before time women have struggled with equality rights. Whether it has been in sports, politics, education, or simple every day life. In the book, Game, Set Match by Susan Ware, Billie Jean King struggles to compete with equality in her tennis career. King’s advocacy for women’s equality has also been influential for the women who are associated with sports. In Billie Jean King’s life she had to undergo personal obstacles to gain any amount of women equality. However, one of the first obstacles King had to face was when she was starting college. King was raised in a fairly poor family in the 1940s (Ware 16) so money was an issue when it came to college, sports, and traveling for
sports. As a student at California State University (Ware 24), and with also holding a nationally ranked title for tennis, (Ware 24) you would assume that King automatically got some sort of scholarship. However, scholarships for women were “nonexistent” (Ware 24). With being financially unstable, King had to overcome her obstacle by starting to work side jobs to pay school expenses and by limiting her tennis schedules to the summer (Ware 24). Quickly, did Billie Jean King realize that she was not going to reach her goal as being the top; therefore she decisively dropped out of California State and headed across the country to Australia (Ware 25). There, Mervyn Rose will coach King and her financial burden will be paid by an “Australian Benefactor” (Ware 2