.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will become the 1st private girls's athlete to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed our home of Panels and would be delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize Master, the tennis Hall of Famer and protestor, had presently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a statement that King's "life-time of advocacy and effort altered the landscape for females and ladies on the courtroom, in the classroom, and also the place of work." The bill was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's success over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis match of perpetuity. The award, rewarded through Our lawmakers for distinguished success and contributions to culture, has previously been offered to professional athletes, consisting of pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had presently been actually granted the Governmental Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she has "damaged barricades, led uncharted courses, as well as inspired plenty of folks to stand proudly with courage as well as sentiment in the defend what is right.".