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.

在附近的家屬大部分人在其中工作的婦女，這些家庭被瞧不起。正是在她的每周兩次訪問該地區(qū)的醫(yī)院帶來了兩個(gè)工作接觸的婦女是誰給了她對(duì)婦女的正面看法，一種意見認(rèn)為，會(huì)與她留在她的余生她。這些婦女被兩名誰當(dāng)護(hù)士工作的孿生姐妹。他們能夠說服米勒的母親，讓她參加特別的婦女學(xué)校，亨特學(xué)院高中。學(xué)校是由地鐵小時(shí)的路程，但由于兩名護(hù)士’堅(jiān)持，她被允許參加學(xué)校，展開了對(duì)她的事業(yè)她。這些人如果不是兩名婦女，婦女的心理可能相當(dāng)不同了。