Billie Jean Moffitt

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Grand Slam champion LGBT rights activist Olympian gender equality activist human sports executive tennis player

Billie Jean Moffitt is the birth name of Billie Jean King, the pioneering American tennis champion and gender equality advocate.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Slam champion → LGBT rights activist → Olympian → gender equality activist → human → sports executive → tennis player →
advocatedFor	Title IX enforcement → equal prize money in tennis → women’s professional sports →
birthNameOf	Billie Jean King →
coFounderOf	Women’s Tennis Association → World TeamTennis →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-11-22 →
eraOfActivity	1960s → 1970s → 1980s →
ethnicGroup	American of English and Scottish descent →
founded	Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative →
hallOfFameInduction	International Tennis Hall of Fame →
hasSibling	Randy Moffitt →
marriedName	Billie Jean King →
notableMatch	Battle of the Sexes (1973 tennis match vs. Bobby Riggs) →
notableWork	autobiography "All In" →
numberOfGrandSlamDoublesTitles	16 →
numberOfGrandSlamMixedDoublesTitles	11 →
numberOfGrandSlamSinglesTitles	12 →
occupation	author → professional tennis player → sports commentator →
placeOfBirth	Long Beach, California, United States →
plays	right-handed →
receivedAward	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
religion	raised in a conservative Christian family →
residence	New York City, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
sexualOrientation	lesbian →
siblingOccupation	Major League Baseball pitcher →
sport	tennis →
spouse	Ilana Kloss → Larry King →
turnedPro	1968 →
wonTournament	Australian Open – singles → French Open – singles → US Open – singles → Wimbledon Championships – singles →
yearOfAward	2009 →
yearOfHallOfFameInduction	1987 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Billie Jean King →	birthName