Jane Cunningham Croly was an American

United States

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 author and journalist, better known as "Jennie June."

She was born in England

Great Britain

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, came to the United States when a girl, and at an early age became a contributor to newspapers and magazines. She called the first congresses of women in 1856 and 1869, organized Sorosis

Sorosis

Sorosis was the first professional women's club in the United States. The club was organized in New York City with 12 members in March 1868, by Jane Cunningham Croly...

 (predecessor of the General Federation of Women's Clubs

General Federation of Women's Clubs

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) in 1868, founded the New York Woman's Press Club in 1889. She was the editor of Demorest's Magazine from 1860 to 1887, and later was editor of the Cycle (which she founded) and the Home-Maker. She was married on St. Valentine's Day 14 February 1856 to David G. Croly

David Goodman Croly

David Goodman Croly was an American journalist, born in New York and educated at New York University. He was associated with the Evening Post and the Herald , and then became an editor and subsequently the managing editor of the World. He married Jane Cunningham, known as "Jennie June", in 1856...

. They had a son, Herbert Croly

Herbert Croly

Herbert David Croly was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Movement as an editor, and political philosopher and a co-founder of the magazine The New Republic in early twentieth-century America...

.

In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame

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Works

• For Better or Worse; (1875)
• Jennie Juneiana: Talds on Women's Topics (1864)
• Cookery-Book for Young Housekeeper
  Housekeeper (servant)
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  s (1866)
• Knitting
  Knitting
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   and Crochet
  Crochet
  Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. The word is derived from the French word "crochet", meaning hook. Hooks can be made of materials such as metals, woods or plastic and are commercially manufactured as well as produced by...
  
  (1885)
• Thrown on Her Own Resources (1891)
• History of the Woman's-Club Movement in America (1898 and 1900)