珍·贝克·米勒，出生于一个贫穷的家庭在布朗士。她出现小儿麻痹症，从11个月的年龄。她穿，直到7岁大括号并收到了12岁了两次手术。生长在大萧条时期成立了妇女对她的看法有很大影响。
Jean Baker Miller was born to a poor family in the Bronx. She suffered from polio from the age of eleven months. She had to wear braces until the age of seven and had two operations before twelve years old. Growing up during the Great Depression had a great impact on her view of women. Most of the families in the neighborhood had working women in them; these families were looked down upon. It was during her twice weekly visits to the area hospital brought her in contact with two working women who gave her a positive view of women, a view that would stay with her for the rest of her life. The women were two twin sisters who worked as nurses. They were able to convince Miller’s mother to allow her to attend a special women’s school, the Hunter College High School. The school was an hour away by subway, but because of the two nurses’ insisting, she was allowed to attend the school , thus starting her on her career. Were it not for these two women, women’s psychology may be quite different today.
在附近的家属大部分人在其中工作的妇女，这些家庭被瞧不起。正是在她的每周两次访问该地区的医院带来了两个工作接触的妇女是谁给了她对妇女的正面看法，一种意见认为，会与她留在她的余生她。这些妇女被两名谁当护士工作的孪生姐妹。他们能够说服米勒的母亲，让她参加特别的妇女学校，亨特学院高中。学校是由地铁小时的路程，但由于两名护士’坚持，她被允许参加学校，展开了对她的事业她。这些人如果不是两名妇女，妇女的心理可能相当不同了。
