.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will definitely come to be the 1st specific girls's professional athlete to be rewarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey declared Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed your home of Representatives and would certainly be sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The expense to recognize Master, the ping pong Lobby of Famer and protestor, had presently passed unanimously in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, said in a declaration that King's "life-time of campaigning for as well as hard work altered the landscape for women as well as women on the courtroom, in the classroom, and the office." The bill was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of King's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Fight of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched ping pong match of perpetuity. The medal, rewarded by Congress for distinguished success and also additions to society, has recently been actually offered to sportsmens, featuring pitcher Jackie Robinson and also Roberto Clemente and also golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson as well as Arnold Palmer.King had presently been actually awarded the Presidential Medal of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican politician, mentions she has "faulty barricades, led uncharted courses, and encouraged plenty of people to stand happily along with tenacity and also strong belief in the fight for what is right.".