.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly end up being the first specific ladies's sportsmen to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Shirt revealed Tuesday that their bipartisan laws had actually passed the House of Agents and would certainly be actually sent to Head of state Joe Biden for his signature.The bill to honor Master, the tennis Hallway of Famer and lobbyist, had presently passed with one voice in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, claimed in a claim that Master's "life time of advocacy as well as effort altered the landscape for females and gals on the courthouse, in the class, and the office." The expense was offered in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's victory over Bobby Riggs in the "War of the Sexual activities," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for notable achievements and contributions to society, has actually earlier been actually provided athletes, featuring baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as well as golf enthusiasts Port Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and also Arnold Palmer.King had actually actually been rewarded the Governmental Award of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, mentions she has "broken barricades, led uncharted paths, as well as inspired a great number of folks to stand happily with guts as well as principle in the fight for what corrects.".