.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will become the very first individual girls's professional athlete to become awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your home of Agents and would be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to recognize Master, the ping pong Hall of Famer and protestor, had presently passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a declaration that King's "life time of advocacy and effort modified the landscape for ladies as well as women on the courthouse, in the classroom, as well as the workplace." The costs was launched in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched ping pong match of all time. The medal, granted by Our lawmakers for recognized achievements and also payments to community, has actually recently been given to athletes, including pitcher Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had actually been granted the Presidential Award of Independence in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, states she possesses "busted obstacles, led unexplored roads, and motivated many individuals to stand up happily with guts and conviction in the defend what is right.".