to help the reader understand the courage and determination of the workers
Explanation:
In the excerpt from "We Shall Not Be Moved," the author Joan Dash includes a quotation from Pauline Newman, who mentions the spirit of workers during the Women's Factory Strike in 1909. Thus, Newman makes reference to the workers' firmness of purpose and audacity to fight for better working conditions, no matter the consecuences. As a response to the eight-hour workweeks, low pay and fines for long bathroom breaks, the workers asked for a fifty-two-hour week with extra pay for overtime, an end to the fines and minor oppression, and a living wage. Therefore, the strike lead to the creation of the Women's Trade Union League.
