Read the excerpt from we shall not be moved. in other words, the league had agreed to build a large and complex machine, to fit all its parts together, then set the whole in motion although they had never seen such a machine. nobody had, since this was the first "general strike" in the garment trades, also the largest strike of women workers ever known in the united states until that moment. which historical detail can best clarify a reader’s understanding of the information in the excerpt?

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.