Abstract
Tillie Olsen was one of the famous left-wing female writers in the United States in the 1930s. Her novel Yonnondio: From the Thirties focuses on the marginalized group of coal miner families, especially young girls, and examines the impact of the lower-class cultural life on their growth. This work holds significant social significance. The novel showcases the influence of cultural activities such as school education, public libraries, and movies on the development of children, revealing the negative effects of the capitalist education system on working-class girls in terms of class and gender. On the other hand, popular cultural forms like movies provide a certain liberating space. The protagonist in the novel gradually grows under the complex influence of various ideologies and begins to independently choose cultural forms that align with her own interests, reflecting the author’s affirmation of the subjectivity and agency of children from working-class families.
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