Question

"By 1960, 36 percent of all women sixteen and older— 23 million women— worked for paid wages. But there were nursery schools for only 2 percent of working mothers." What is the point of pairing these two statistics together?

Answer 1

Because it shows that at that time most people thought that women were not supposed to work.

Explanation:

At the time, many women had started to work to be able to provide for their families, but there was still the believe that they were supposed to be to home doing chores and taking care of the kids and because of that, there were not enough nursery schools for their kids.