.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will end up being the first private girls's athlete to become granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had actually passed the House of Agents and would certainly be actually sent out to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to recognize King, the ping pong Hall of Famer and protestor, had actually already passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a statement that King's "life time of advocacy and also effort altered the landscape for women as well as women on the court, in the class, as well as the place of work." The costs was offered in September 2023 on the 50th anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for recognized accomplishments as well as payments to society, has actually previously been actually offered to sportsmens, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually already been awarded the Presidential Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she has "damaged obstacles, led unexplored roads, as well as inspired countless individuals to stand happily with courage and strong belief in the fight for what is right.".