Taking matters into her own hands, Billie Jean King decided to launch her own magazine, which became known as womenSports, in order to give women athletes a feeling of pride through the proper coverage, attention, and respect that they deserve.

[1] The launch of womenSports did not see major success right away; in fact, the first issue of the magazine received great backlash, for it seemed to just focus on Billie Jean King herself, rather than other women in the sports world.

Although the first issue showcased the tennis star a great deal, the editors of the magazine found it difficult to cover women’s sports without including Billie Jean King.

Rather than producing coverage of sporting events, womenSports incorporated self-help articles and profile features of women athletes, highlighting their successes.

The magazine focused on a wide range of sports played by women which consist of volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, field hockey and surfing.

WomenSports also gave its readers a history lesson by emphasizing historic female athletes of our time and providing information on which schools offered scholarships to women.

Billie Jean King’s vision for womenSports was to create a personable female magazine; to enhance these characteristics, she was very open to critiques and comments from readers.

[7] The magazine womenSports included profiles of many pioneering women athletes in history that were pushing for change even before Billie Jean King was born.

Both of these women, including many others, were featured in womenSports because of the impact they made for female athletes throughout the world of sports during the time that they were playing.

[10] Glenna Colette Vare and Hazel Wightman were just two of the many women that were featured in womenSports because of the great impact that they had during their time of playing their sport.