.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly end up being the 1st individual ladies's athlete to be awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed the House of Representatives as well as will be actually sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the tennis Hall of Famer as well as lobbyist, had actually already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a declaration that King's "lifetime of advocacy and hard work transformed the garden for ladies and also ladies on the courthouse, in the class, and the work environment." The costs was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded through Congress for prominent achievements as well as payments to community, has formerly been actually provided to sportsmens, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been rewarded the Presidential Medal of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she has "busted barriers, led undiscovered pathways, as well as inspired a great number of people to stand happily with courage as well as conviction in the fight for what is right.".