Members did, however, agree to give tennis player Billie Jean King a Congressional Gold Medal. The House worked on several suspension bills related to veterans' issues, including one addressing a ...

Billie Jean King is going to be the first female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal on her own. Athletes such as ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

Billie Jean King has accomplished many firsts in her life, and you can add the first individual female athlete to be awarded ...

In a career filled with accolades, Billie Jean King is the first individual woman athlete to earn a Congressional Gold Medal.

With no guarantee she would make the Olympic team, Wieber opted to go pro. Her bet paid off. She won an Olympic gold medal ...

Billie Jean King will make history as the first female athlete to be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal after the House ...

Improving indoor air quality in schools—a federal grant has been awarded to the New York State’s Department of Health for one ...

Billie Jean King will become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after a bill to honor the tennis legend passed.

Suffs stars Tony Award-winning book writer, composer, and lyricist Shaina Taub in the role of Alice Paul, making her only the ...

King, who was a major advocate for the passage of Title IX in the 1970s, will be the first solo female athlete to receive the award. The measure still needs to be signed by President Joe Biden in ...

The honor is meant to recognize her “lifetime of work fighting for Title IX, and women’s and LGBTQ+ equality on and off the ...