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Billie Jean Master readied to bring in past along with Congressional Gold Award

.Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ETWASHINGTON-- Billie Jean Master will certainly become the 1st specific females's athlete to become granted the Legislative Gold Medal.Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania as well as Mikie Sherrill of New Jacket introduced Tuesday that their bipartisan regulations had passed your home of Agents and also would certainly be actually delivered to President Joe Biden for his signature.The costs to honor King, the tennis Lobby of Famer and protestor, had actually passed all in the Senate.Sherrill, a Democrat, stated in a declaration that King's "life-time of advocacy and also effort modified the yard for ladies as well as gals on the courthouse, in the class, as well as the work environment." The expense was actually introduced in September 2023 on the 50th wedding anniversary of Master's success over Bobby Riggs in the "Struggle of the Sexes," still the most-watched tennis suit of all time. The medal, granted through Our lawmakers for distinguished success as well as additions to community, has actually earlier been offered to professional athletes, consisting of baseball players Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente as well as golf players Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Arnold Palmer.King had already been actually granted the Governmental Medal of Liberty in 2009. Fitzpatrick, a Republican, says she possesses "damaged barriers, led undiscovered roads, and influenced numerous people to stand up proudly along with guts as well as conviction in the fight for what is right.".