.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master are going to come to be the first individual women's professional athlete to be granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt declared Tuesday that their bipartisan regulation had passed your home of Agents and would certainly be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to honor Master, the tennis Hall of Famer as well as activist, had currently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, mentioned in a statement that Master's "life-time of advocacy and also effort altered the landscape for ladies and also ladies on the courtroom, in the classroom, as well as the workplace." The expense was offered 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 tennis match of perpetuity. The award, rewarded through Our lawmakers for notable achievements as well as additions to culture, has actually earlier been actually offered to sportsmens, including pitcher Jackie Robinson as well as Roberto Clemente as well as golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually been actually granted the Presidential Medal of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, says she possesses "damaged obstacles, led unexplored pathways, and influenced countless folks to stand happily with tenacity and strong belief in the fight for what is right.".