How the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ influenced a generation of men: Billie Jean King’s TEDWomen update
Published to TED Blog on September 23, 2017
Forty-three years ago this week, the number one tennis star in the world, 29-year-old Billie Jean King, agreed to take on 55-year-old Bobby Riggs, in a match dubbed the “Battle of the Sexes.” The prize was $100,000 — which compared with today’s million-dollar-winning pots wasn’t much — but it was the first time that women and men were offered the same amount of prize money for victory.