.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will come to be the first private females's athlete to be rewarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed our home of Representatives as well as would be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to recognize Master, the tennis Lobby of Famer and also activist, had actually already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a claim that Master's "life-time of campaigning for as well as hard work altered the garden for ladies as well as ladies on the courthouse, in the class, as well as the workplace." The bill was launched in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong suit of all time. The award, granted by Our lawmakers for recognized accomplishments and contributions to community, has actually recently been given to athletes, consisting of pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and also golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually currently been actually rewarded the Presidential Award of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she possesses "faulty barriers, led uncharted paths, as well as motivated numerous individuals to stand up happily with courage and conviction in the defend what is right.".