According to the Chronicle of Higher Education , Rosemary Keefe Curb was one of three finalists for a job as dean of the college of arts and sciences until a local New Paltz resident acquired a copy of Lesbian Breaking Silence , a book Curb co-edited that contains such statements I 've never been initiated into a coven , but I like to call myself a witch .
It has been said that Rosemary Keefe Curb was about to win her job as a dean at the college when a copy of her work was acquired by her professor .