Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved
How would a careful rereading of this excerpt help a reader
understand the "League" mentioned in the first sentence?
The League, like Local 25, had expected a turnout of four or
five thousand. They were bowled over by this army, utterly
unprepared for it. They had organized strikes in the garment
trade, small ones, usually confined to a single shop, but
never before had they undertaken something on so vast a
scale. They might fail, might be laughed at by the whole of
New York as well as John Dyche and the ILGWU men, and
all the same they knew this was the challenge they'd been
hoping for their chance to show the world they were more
than highbrow butters-in, just as the shirtwaist makers were
more than irresponsible little girls,
The reader could make the connection between the
"League" and the word "bowled" in the second sentence to
conclude that they are a bowling team,
The reader could make the connection between the
"League" and "shirtwaist makers" in the last sentence to
realize they are the same group of women.
The reader could make the connection between the
"League" and the third sentence, which explains that they
"organized strikes in the garment trade."
The reader could make the connection between the
"League" and the "ILGWU men" in the last sentence to
note that they are both parts of the same group.