.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will end up being the very first specific women's professional athlete to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket announced Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed our home of Agents and will be actually sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, had actually passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a declaration that King's "life-time of campaigning for as well as hard work altered the yard for girls as well as women on the courthouse, in the classroom, as well as the place of work." The expense was launched in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of all time. The medal, rewarded through Congress for distinguished achievements and also payments to culture, has recently been provided sportsmens, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually presently been rewarded the Presidential Award of Flexibility in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, claims she possesses "faulty barriers, led uncharted roads, and influenced many folks to stand up proudly along with nerve as well as sentiment in the defend what corrects.".