Billie Jean King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports. King used the money from a sportswoman of the year award to launch the Women’s Sports Foundation 50 years ago in 1974. Since then, the foundation has invested more than $100 million to help girls and women gain opportunities and equity in sports.
FILE - Billie Jean King poses for photos on the red carpet at the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Annual Salute to Women in Sports, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in New York . King’s $5,000 check sure went a long way for women’s sports. She used the money from a sportswoman of the year award to launch the Women’s Sports Foundation in 1974. Since then, the foundation has invested more than $100 million to help girls and women gain opportunities and equity in sports.in 1974.
King said the foundation’s “bold action has contributed to many transformative moments … to help girls and women achieve their athletic dreams, while eliminating barriers that stand in the way. And our work is not done yet.” King started the foundation a year after the passage of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds.Top-seeded Jannik Sinner withdraws from Madrid Open because of hip injury
“Leaders throughout the country are recognizing what the Women’s Sports Foundation has known since 1974: when girls and women play, they lead, and we all win,” Leighton said.
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