Croly, Jane

CUNNING HAM ( nom -de-plume, JENNIE JUNE), was born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, Dec. 19, 1831. She has resided in the U. S. for many years and in 1856 married David G. Croly, of N. Y. The first Woman's Congre in New York was organized by her, and in 1868 she inaugurated the Sorosis. Rutgers Female College, New York, conferred on her the degree of Doctor of Literature and appointed her to the chair of journalism and literature in that college. The New York Woman's Pre Club, of which she was the founder in 1889, elected her as its president. She has contributed largely to various periodicals for many years, and was editor of the Home Maker, a monthly magazine published in New York.