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Gitlin, Marty

Billie Jean King: Tennis Star & Social Activist

112 pp. | ABDO | January, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-61714-757-9 $34.22
(3) YA Legendary Athletes series. These reasonably comprehensive volumes explore the title athletes' childhoods, early careers, and rise within their sports. Admirable attention is paid to the societal and political constraints facing the men and women, in addition to their own social activism (e.g., King's fight for women's and gay rights, Ashe's work against apartheid in South Africa). A good selection of photographs are included. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Legendary Athletes titles: Billie Jean King, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Arthur Ashe, and Jesse Owens.
Reviewer: Carrie Harasimowicz Sullivan

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