.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly become the very first personal women's sportsmen to become granted the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and also Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed the House of Reps and also would certainly be actually sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the tennis Hall of Famer as well as activist, had actually presently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a statement that King's "lifetime of advocacy and hard work changed the landscape for females as well as ladies on the courthouse, in the classroom, and also the place of work." The costs was actually introduced 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 all time. The medal, rewarded by Congress for recognized success as well as payments to community, has recently been actually provided athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had already been rewarded the Presidential Award of Freedom in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she possesses "damaged barricades, led unexplored roads, and also motivated countless individuals to stand proudly with nerve and sentiment in the fight for what corrects.".