.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King are going to become the 1st individual females's athlete to become granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had actually passed your home of Reps and also would certainly be actually delivered to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize Master, the ping pong Hallway of Famer as well as activist, had already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a claim that Master's "life-time of advocacy as well as effort altered the landscape for ladies and also girls on the courthouse, in the classroom, and also the office." The costs was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded through Congress for notable success and contributions to society, has actually formerly been actually provided to sportsmens, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golfers Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been awarded the Governmental Medal of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, states she possesses "faulty obstacles, led undiscovered courses, as well as influenced a great number of individuals to stand proudly along with courage as well as view in the defend what is right.".