Corrine "Lindy" Boggs, often referred to as just Lindy Boggs, was a democratic congressional representative of the state of Louisiana, following her husband's path after he died in a plane crash. She was born in Brunswick, Louisiana, on a plantation to a prominent political family, in which her ancestors were elected into office in each generation. She was a women interested in education, and she had used her debutante ball fee for her tuition for college. She attended Sophie Newcomb College from 1931 to 1935 in the women's division of Tulane University in New Orleans, where she met her future husband, Thomas Hale Boggs. After marrying him in 1938, she accompanied him to Washington, where he served as a representative from 1941 to 1943, and again from 1947 to 1973. She ran …show more content…
She was the first woman to be elected to Congress from Louisiana, and the only Caucasian member (from LA) in 1990. Her "Sex or Marital Status" legacy became an act in 1974 (Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974). It stated of women's economic issues and sex discrimination. Her "sex or marital status" legacy became famous when she would write the words on a bill, then turning it into a draft form during a House committee meeting. The proposed bill later became the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, and was initially drafted to prevent banks and lenders from discriminations against loan applicants on the basis of race, religion, and sex. The original copy excluded the variable of "sex", so she had added the "sex or marital status" to her copy, and passed out the revised draft to other committee members, saying that they had omitted the important variable. The act passed by Congress was considered a milestone in history of women's rights, enabling unmarried and divorced women to apply and receive auto loans and home mortgages. She also supported for New Orleans, working to direct money and resources to the city's historic districts and