by Susan Ware
Virginia Slims Tour, 2, 3, 32–33, 34, 38, 88, 107, 108, 111, 127; Billie Jean King and, 3, 31–34, 107, 200, 264 (n. 54);
cigarettes and, 33–34, 85–86, 144, 194, 195, 200, 264 (n. 54)
Volleyball, 71, 83, 119, 126, 130
Wade, Margaret, 94, 135, 138
Wade, Virginia, 101, 102, 197
Walker, Clyde, 22
Wall Street Journal, 5, 76, 79, 80
Walters, Barbara, 185, 193
Washington Post, 37, 53, 56, 62, 146, 150, 185, 186
Watergate, 48, 49, 59
Wayland Flying Queens, 136
Weinberger, Caspar, 57, 59, 63, 230 (n. 52)
Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld (1975), 168
When Billie Beat Bobby (2001), 209
White, Willye, 119, 126, 213
Williams, Venus, 207, 209
Williamson, Nancy, 52, 131
Wimbledon, 3, 22, 100, 127, 173, 187; Billie Jean King and, 23, 24, 28–29, 31, 41, 42, 75, 81, 199, 206;
prize money at, 31, 38, 209
Women's Basketball Association (WBA), 142
Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA), 35, 53–54, 57, 82, 91, 97, 152
Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), 45, 46, 59, 61, 158, 231 (n. 65); SPRINT sponsored by, 96–97
Women's liberation, 4, 9, 128, 150–51, 152, 153
“Women's lob,” 3, 32, 34
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), 143, 195, 197, 214
womenSports (magazine), 10, 16, 57, 75, 77, 78–90 passim, 103, 147
Women's Professional Basketball League (WPBL), 142
Women's Professional Softball League, 143
Women's sports, 8, 10–11, 69–74, 117–18, 119–46 passim, 181, 210–12, 213–14
Women's Sports (magazine), 89, 95, 186, 187
Women's Sports and Fitness (magazine), 89, 90, 240 (n. 68)
Women's Sports Foundation, 69, 70, 77, 89, 90–99 passim, 103, 177, 199, 213, 240 (n. 74)
Women's Sports Hall of Fame, 94, 96, 239 (n. 62)
Women's Superstars competition, 93, 239 (n. 58)
Women's Tennis Association (WTA), 38, 77, 187, 194, 195, 196, 197, 264 (n. 54)
Women's World Cup, 2, 117–18
Wooden, John, 38, 84, 138
World Team Tennis (WTT), 14, 75, 77, 78, 99–103, 112, 143, 176, 198, 199
World Tennis (magazine), 32, 33
Wrestling, 60, 175
Wright, Mickey, 144
Wright, Rosalie, 80, 87, 88
Yale women's crew, 63
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 18, 40, 41, 96, 121, 123, 144, 149, 177