"We wanted any girl in the world, if she was good enough, to have a place to compete and be appreciated for her accomplishments, not her looks. Most important, because we came from the world of amateur tennis, making $14 a day, we wanted to create a way to make a real living playing the sport we loved. Of course, some of us did get suspended. But we just stuck together, and eventually the other tournaments took us back. This is why we were ready to sign that $ 1 contract". These are the words that Billie Jean King spoke soon after that signature that on 21 settembre del 1970 changed the tennis world and women's sport forever.
This is the story of those 9 rebel athletes.
