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Article: Paving the way: Billie Jean King's successes on and off the court created opportunities for others.(tennis player and women in sports)
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- May 1, 2009
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Standing in the kitchen of her family home in Long Beach, Calif., 5-year old Billie Jean Moffitt was drying a plate her mother had just washed. Finishing the chore, she looked up at her mother and with all the passion, determination and precociousness of a strong-willed young girl, blurted out, "Mom, I just know I'm going to do something great with my life.
"That's nice," Betty Moffitt said. "Just keep drying the dishes."
The young girl, who one day would be known to the world as Billie Jean King, grabbed the next plate, wiped it dry then put the dishes away before heading to her room.
And over the next 60 years, she proved her prediction ...