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Billie Jean King and ladies of her age were not really lucky. They had no such open doors. At the point when she was applying to California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), during the 1960s, monetary help was accessible just to male competitors. As a matter of fact, Arthur Ashe, the popular African-American tennis player who came out on top for three Grand Slam singles championships, was going to local University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on a full grant. Billie Jean King was the most well known tennis player at Cal State LA as she had proactively brought home a Wimbledon championship. However she was ineligible for monetary help due to her orientation and maintained two sources of income to pay her educational cost.

Exhibiting Moral Courage

On June 19, 2012, on the event of the 40th commemoration of Title IX, I affirmed before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) advisory group on the effect of Title IX on my profession. I had no clue about who else had been welcomed however when I strolled into that fantastic room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, I wound up close and personal with Billie Jean King and two other strikingly achieved ladies. They were Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic gold and silver medalist in swimming, and Dr. Mae Jemison, the main African-American lady in space.

Driving with Character: Championing Equality Homeland Security TodayBillie Jean King, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Senator Tom Harkin, RADM Sandra Stosz, and Dr. Mae Jemison at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on June 19, 2012. (Senate HELP Committee photograph)
I was spellbound by Billie Jean King's declaration. She commended the advantages of Title IX, shouting with enthusiasm, "We know that young men and young ladies who are dynamic foster certainty, authority abilities that will assist them with prevailing throughout everyday life." Her words reverberated in light of the fact that she might have been talking about my high school self. I trait playing sports to assisting me with fostering the certainty expected to apply to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and to prevail in my Coast Guard vocation.