How Jane Won: 55 Successful Women Share How They Grew from Ordinary Girls to Extraordinary Women

by Sylvia B. Rimm

How did fifty-five of today’s most successful women get to where they are?

In her New York Times bestseller, See Jane Win , noted child psychologist Sylvia Rimm and her daughters reported on their three-year survey of 1,000 successful women, distilling their findings for parents to use to give their daughters the same advantages. In this companion volume, How Jane Won , Dr. Rimm and her daughter Sara Rimm-Kaufman present the unique stories of fifty-five true winners, in their own words, breathing life into the principles laid out in See Jane Win and animating the many forms success can take.

Find out how Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine hitman, space shuttle commander Eileen Collins, Harry Potter illustrator Mary GrandPré, novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard, and many others, famous or not, juggled their education and families, parenting and careers. These women offer a bracing new definition of success based not on title or paycheck, but on joy and satisfaction. The knowledge they share will encourage and inspire.

Genres: Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

About the author

Dr. Sylvia Rimm’s nine years as a contributing correspondent to NBC’s Today Show and as a favorite personality on public radio make her a familiar child psychologist to many audiences.

Dr. Rimm is a psychologist, director of Family Achievement Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a clinical professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. Families come from all over the United States for help.

She has authored many books including How to Parent So Children Will Learn and Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades, both 2008 National Best Books award winners from USA Book News. In addition, Dr. Rimm has written Growing Up Too Fast: The Rimm Report on the secret Lives of America’s Middle Schoolers, Keys to Parenting the Gifted Child, Raising Preschoolers, See Jane Win®, How Jane Won, and See Jane Win for Girls.

See Jane Win®, a New York Times Bestseller, was featured on the Oprah Winfrey and Today shows and in People Magazine. Her book, Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children, was a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award. Many parents and educators seek Dr. Rimm’s help through her books, tapes, q-cards, and newsletters.

In her parenting column, Dr. Rimm answers hundreds of letters each year from parents and grandparents in her nationally syndicated column with Creators Syndicate.

Dr. Rimm speaks and publishes internationally on family and school approaches to guiding children toward achievement, parenting, and the lives of teenagers. She is a dynamic speaker who fascinates audiences, speaking on many topics, tailoring her educational talks to the special themes of the audience.

Dr. Rimm draws experience and inspiration from her wonderful husband; her very successful children: 2 daughters and 2 sons, and their spouses; and 9

Dr. Rimm's expertise on gifted children, parenting, families, teens and tweens, and many more topics, makes her an excellent psychologist, author, columnist and speaker.

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book to be read by every parent of girls (Casey) & teachers, grandparents - anyone who deals with girls (boys too, but I think the things they talk about in this book most boys get). The introduction kind of summarizes the lessons the author learned from the women interviewed for the book. The main part of the book is the actual interviews & the women tell you the things that they think influenced them to be successful in their lives. One of the things I like is that the author takes the lessons the women give & puts them in bold print. I also think that older girls should read the book; some of the things talked about in the book are things parents etc. can do to help their daughters; but it also tells the girls things they need to do to succeed.

[Carrie Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting book. It is neat to hear the stories from the different women and get their perspective on different situations.

Not a book that I was able to read from cover to cover-I read it over a period of time, a little here and a little there. I enjoyed it and think it might be especially encouraging for some women who are searching for encouragement or a sense of self.

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got bored and quit.

Three stars because I really like the premise and enjoyed the histories of the women, but after 30+ of these histories, the redundancies and commonalities were frequent. But maybe I'll pick it back up again and finish the rest.

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it enough to read it in one day. When I read it, I was thinking of all the women I know. It seemed to pertain to all of them. I enjoyed reading what these women learned from their parents, mentors, other family members, teachers and coworkers. They came from all socioeconomic groups.
Here is some of the advice that empowered these successful women:
My Mom, my Dad, taught me I could do anything I wanted to do.
Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
Travel and learn about different cultures.
Sometimes the biggest failure was the best learning experience.

[gosobooks.com · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely there is a remarkable difference between what Sylvia B. Rimm considers as success and I what I perceive as success. Not a bad stuff on the role determination and poasitive adults influence can have in the life of a girl.