Born: 19 December 1829, United Kingdom
Died: 23 December 1901
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Jane Cunningham, Jennie June
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
American author, and journalist, better known as Jennie June. She organized Sorosis in 1868, founded the New York Woman’s Press Club in 1889, and in 1892 became professor of journalism and literature in the Rutgers Women’s College. She was married to David G. Croly in 1856. Her works include: “Cookery-Book for Young House-keepers,” “Jenny Juneiana,” “Thrown on her Own Resources,” and “History of the Woman’s-Club Movement in America.”