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Introducing: Sports History This Week
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
June 23, 1972. President Richard Nixon’s men broke into the Watergate complex just six days earlier. He’s attempting some damage control, but in between meetings with his staff, Nixon signs a new bill into law – the Educational Amendments of 1972. He isn’t aware of it at the time, but Title IX of this law will change women’s sports forever. The bill’s passage comes after years of campaigning, and the most prominent face of this movement is one of the great athletes of her era: Billie Jean King. Today, Billie Jean King sits down with Sports History This Week to unpack her role in this monumental legislation. How did she use her platform to fight for gender equality in athletics? And after the passage of Title IX, how did she literally battle for women everywhere? Special thanks to our guests: Billie Jean King, a champion of tennis and of equality, and Susan Ware, historian and author of Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined...: January 11th, 1964. The US Surgeon General announces: smoking is killing us. This week we ask: why did it take so long for the public to learn this deadly truth? And why has it taken even longer for us to accept it? by HISTORY This Week