Jane Curry was born in 1945 in Speedway, Indiana. She received her B.A. (1967) in English from Hanover College and an A.M. (1970) and Ph.D (1975) in American Culture at the University of Michigan. She has been employed as an Assistant Professor of English and American Studies (1974-1978) at Lafayette College and as an independent scholar. Since 1981, she has been writing and performing independently and with the Minnesota Chatauqua Program. The programs have included "Samantha 'Rastles' the Woman Question," "Just Say Know: Educating Females for the 21st Century," "Nice Girls Don't Sweat," and "Miz Wizard's Science Secrets."

Curry has also published articles and books, such as The River's in My Blood: Riverboat Pilots Tell Their Stories (1983); Samantha Rastles the Woman Question (1983) and Marietta Holley (1996).

This collection (1996) contains one brochure, one program and a performance script of "Miz Wizard's Science Secrets." The presentation was written and is performed by Jane Curry. The premise is that she is developing a program for public access television that focuses on women in science and includes hands-on scientific experiments.

The discussion includes the topics of nineteenth century scientific work, evolution, the experiences of women in secondary and academic science in the 1960s, and the impact of feminist science on how science is done. There is also biographical information about such prominent women scientists as: Maria Goeppert Mayer, Lise Meitner, Chien-Shiung Wu, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Rosalyn Yalow, Gerty Cori, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Maria Mitchell, Grace Murray Hopper and Rachel Carson.

The collection is organized alphabetically.