Use the chart and your knowledge of American History to answer the following question.
How might the efforts of NOW to create more child-care facilities have affected the data in the chart?
Year
1990
1900
1970
00
1950
Question &
1940
1930
Higher Education Degrees Conferred, 1930-1990
(Figures after 1970 are rounded to nearest thousand.)
Bachelor's or
first professional
Male
485.000
474,000
484,174
252,990
328,841
109,546
73,615
Female
558,000
456,000
343,060
136,187
103,217
76,954
48.909
Master's or second
professional
Male
149.000
151,000
125.624
51,965
41,220
16,508
8.925
Female
170,000
147,000
82,567
25,727
16.963
10,233
6,044
Doctor's or
equivalent
Male
24,000
23,000
25,890
8,301
5,990
2,861
1,946
Female
14,000
10,000
3,976
1,028
643
429
353
O Child-care facilities did not affect the ability of men NOR women to pursue an educational degree.
O Child-care facilities offered job opportunities to women, which discouraged them from pursuing educational degrees.
O Child-care facilities were staffed more by men than by women beginning in the 1980s, which decreased the number of men who pursued
educational degrees.
O Child-care facilities allowed more women with children to pursue educational degrees in the 1960s and beyond.
