.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to come to be the first private women's professional athlete to become granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed our home of Panels and would certainly be sent out to President Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize Master, the tennis Hallway of Famer as well as activist, had already passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, pointed out in a claim that King's "life time of proposal as well as effort changed the garden for girls and ladies on the courtroom, in the classroom, and also the place of work." The costs was actually offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The medal, awarded through Congress for distinguished achievements and additions to culture, has actually recently been given to athletes, including baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente and also golf players Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been awarded the Governmental Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, states she possesses "faulty barriers, led uncharted courses, as well as motivated numerous folks to stand proudly with courage and also view in the defend what is right.".