.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to become the initial specific girls's professional athlete to be granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed your home of Reps and also would be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor King, the ping pong Hall of Famer and lobbyist, had currently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that Master's "lifetime of proposal as well as hard work altered the landscape for ladies and gals on the courtroom, in the classroom, and the office." The expense was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong suit of perpetuity. The medal, awarded by Congress for notable achievements as well as additions to community, has actually formerly been provided to sportsmens, consisting of baseball players Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had currently been actually awarded the Presidential Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she possesses "damaged barricades, led undiscovered roads, and also motivated plenty of people to stand happily along with tenacity and also strong belief in the defend what is right.".