▁the ▁sm el ting ▁district . ▁Despite ▁her ▁father ▁having ▁an ▁above ▁average ▁sal ary , ▁her ▁family ▁was ▁always ▁short ▁on ▁money . ▁She ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁d irt ▁floor ▁ten ement ▁house ▁intended ▁for ▁low - ran king ▁min ers ▁without ▁running ▁water . ▁As ▁an ▁ad oles cent , ▁T anno ' s ▁respons ib ilities ▁included ▁car ing ▁for ▁her ▁baby ▁sib ling . ▁▁ ▁T anno ▁desired ▁to ▁enter ▁school ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁teacher , ▁but ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁enough ▁money ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁Instead , ▁following ▁her ▁elementary ▁school ▁education , ▁she ▁went ▁to ▁Hon zan ▁hospital ' s ▁nur se ▁training ▁school . ▁The ▁spring ▁of ▁her ▁ 1 6 th ▁birth day , ▁her ▁family ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁able ▁to ▁support ▁her ▁finan cially , ▁so ▁T anno ▁paid ▁for ▁her ▁clothes ▁and ▁food ▁using ▁the ▁hospital ' s ▁daily ▁w age . ▁During ▁her ▁studies , ▁she ▁was ▁a ▁subscri ber ▁to ▁the ▁magazine ▁F uj in ▁K ō ron . ▁T anno ▁was ▁slowly ▁exposed ▁to ▁commun ist ▁and ▁social ist ▁policy ▁by ▁her ▁male ▁pe ers , ▁S ō ma ▁Ich iro , ▁K aw ai ▁Y osh itor a , ▁and ▁Kit aj ima ▁K ich iz ō , ▁who ▁had ▁picked ▁up ▁social ism ▁from ▁O ka ▁S ense i , ▁a ▁teacher ▁at ▁the ▁n urs ing ▁college ▁who ▁supported ▁worker ' s ▁liber ation . ▁She ▁joined ▁a ▁coal ▁min ing ▁union ▁in ▁ 1 9 1