Billie Jean King and Emma Stone on ‘Battle of the Sexes’ and the Enduring Fight for Equality
Published to the LA Times on September 1, 2017
To former tennis champ Billie Jean King, the 1970s were “a very exciting and tenuous time.” After all, while women couldn’t get a credit card in their own name without having it cosigned by a man, and at best women were making 50 cents to the men’s dollar, Title IX did become law in 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in programs receiving federal aid.