.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean King will definitely become the very first individual girls's athlete to become awarded the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had passed our home of Panels as well as would be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the ping pong Hallway of Famer and also activist, had actually actually passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a declaration that King's "lifetime of campaigning for as well as hard work modified the garden for ladies and gals on the courthouse, in the classroom, and the workplace." The bill was actually presented in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded by Congress for distinguished accomplishments and also additions to society, has actually earlier been given to athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente and golfers Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had already been rewarded the Presidential Medal of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she possesses "busted obstacles, led undiscovered pathways, and also influenced plenty of folks to stand up proudly with tenacity as well as conviction in the fight for what corrects.".