Question

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 best states the author's purpose for including this information in the text? to connect a historical event to the present to bring a person involved in a historical event to life to challenge the reader's ideas about a historical event to tell the reader about an important historical event

Answer 1

Answer:

to tell the reader about an important historical event.

Explanation:

The main reason for the author including this information in the passage was to tell the reader about an important historical event. The author is explaining that the current event taking place has never before happened in the history of civilization, therefore meaning that this current event is making history and will be remembered in the future as a significant historical event. Thus, carrying with it very high importance which the author felt was essential to include.