Katie Couric on celebrating the honorees at PowerOfWomen, presented by lifetimetv: “It’s not always easy being a women, especially in industries that are still male-dominated.”
One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was an eye-opening experience in that regard.
“Two short years later, after 30-plus years of fighting for equal prize money, we finally arrived. It was a wonderful moment,” says Williams, who at 41 is training rigorously for a forthcoming tournament following a break after playing Wimbledon last July. “It wasn’t until the ’60s that a woman first ran a marathon, and she had to pretend to be a guy,” she says. Williams also points out that it wasn’t long ago that women weren’t able to have credit cards and inherit property. “We been fighting thousands of years of inequity, so we can’t think that [change] is going to happen overnight.
Williams has fond memories of growing up in a family of girls: “There was always someone to gossip with, and we always had — and still have — a blast to this very day.” While their hard-charging father, Richard Williams, pushed Venus and Serena to become world-class players, it was their mother’s coaching, strength, humor and healthy life perspective that also helped motivate and shape the sisters in their formative years.
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