Jane was a graduate of the Agnes Irwin School and attended Vassar College.She served an apprentice teaching position at the new Agnes Irwin Lower School. Losing her hearing , she learned to read speech at the Trask School for Speech Reading. She went on to buy a hearing aid and accepted the school's principal's invitation to take their normal course. Jane went onto to teach speech reading for many years. She was the founder and member of the Chapel of the Hard of Hearing also the Society of Better Hearing ,The Penna. Horticultural Society and the Acorn Club .