Billie Jean King set to earn another honor with the Congressional …
WEB3 days ago · Updated 6:09 PM PDT, September 17, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would ...
Billie Jean King to become the first female athlete to receive
WEBStory by Alex Arger. • 18h. B illie Jean King will go down in history as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and now, she'll go down as the first female athlete to receive the ...
Billie Jean King set to earn another honor with the ... - ABC News
WEB4 days ago · From left, Naila-Jean Meyers, of the Minnesota Star Tribune and Sally Jenkins, of The Washington Post, pose for a photo with Billie Jean King, right, before the women's singles final of the U.S ...
Billie Jean King Set to Earn Another Honor With the …
WEB3 days ago · Seth Wenig. From left, Naila-Jean Meyers, of the Minnesota Star Tribune and Sally Jenkins, of The Washington Post, pose for a photo with Billie Jean King, right, before the women's singles final ...
Billie Jean King set to earn another honor with the ... - Yahoo
WEB3 days ago · From left, Naila-Jean Meyers, of the Minnesota Star Tribune and Sally Jenkins, of The Washington Post, pose for a photo with Billie Jean King, right, before the women's singles final of the U.S ...
Billie Jean King to Become First Female Athlete to Receive ...
WEBT ennis legend and activist Billie Jean King will once again make history by becoming the first female athlete to ever receive the Congressional Gold Medal. A bill was introduced in Sept. 2023 by ...
Billie Jean King moves closer to earning the ... - Associated Press News
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Two members of the House of Representatives say the have lined up enough votes to make Billie Jean King the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
The Official Website of Billie Jean King
WEBWith 39 Grand Slam titles to her name, including a record 20 titles at Wimbledon, Billie Jean King is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She held the world #1 ranking in women’s tennis for six of the ten years from 1966 through 1975.
Billie Jean King on Victories Past, and the Battles to Come - The …
WEBJul 15, 2023 · Fifty Years Ago, Billie Jean King Won Equal Pay — but She’s Not Done Yet. The tennis champion’s activism won equal pay for women at the 1973 U.S. Open. Now 79, she is still leading the fight...
US Open honors Billie Jean King on 50th anniversary of equal …
WEBAug 29, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors, promising never to stop fighting to maintain that hard-won progress.
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