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7 It was in this context that Congress passed the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in 1974, prohibiting discrimination based on sex and marital status, and subsequently amended it in 1976 3 For a more detailed discussion of modern credit scoring models, see Mester (1997).
Despite continued inaction on ERA by Congress, women made progress toward equality. In 1963, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act. Alice Paul then led a successful lobbying effort to include a ban on sex discrimination in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.In 1972, more federal legislation prohibited practices that limited the admission of women to colleges and their participation in school sports programs.he average earnings of male and female workers have gotten closer over the years. Womenâs advocates argue that a âwage gapâ still persists. When the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963, women earned an average of 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.