Assuming the bill passes, Billie Jean King would become the first female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for individual achievement since it was first awarded nearly two and half centuries ago.
In the run-up to this year’s tournament, the U.S. Open is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its pioneering stance on equal prize money and King’s role as the force behind it.
As part of the process, King traveled to the Hill this week to meet with lawmakers and congressional staff. She brought with her the U.S. Open women’s singles trophy, which she won four times for others to hold, posed for photographs, fielded questions and, as she has done since childhood, advocated for equity for all.
The men and women of the 1980 U.S. Summer Olympic team that forfeited the Moscow Games because of the U.S. boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were also awarded Congressional Gold Medals.
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