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Title: Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June"
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JANE CUNNINGHAM CROLY "JENNY JUNE"
1904

[Illustration: Portrait]
[Illustration: Facsimile of signature "With sincere affection yours-ever
J.C. Croly"]

Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly "Jenny June"

TO THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IN
AMERICA THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY
THE WOMAN'S PRESS CLUB
OF NEW YORK CITY
Foreword
On January 6, 1902, a Memorial Meeting was called by Sorosis jointly
with the Woman's Press Club of New York City, and a month later the
Press Club formally authorized the preparation of a Memorial Book to
its Founder and continuous President to the day of her death, Jane
Cunningham Croly.
In addition to a biographical sketch to be prepared by her brother, the
Rev. John Cunningham, this book, so it was planned, should contain
such letters, or excerpts from letters, as would illustrate her lovable
personality and her life philosophy.
A Committee of Publication was appointed, consisting of Mrs. Caroline
M. Morse, Chairman, Mrs. Mary Coffin Johnson, Mrs. Haryot Holt
Dey, Mrs. Miriam Mason Greeley, Miss Anna Warren Story and Mrs.
Margaret W. Ravenhill. These began their work by sending a printed
slip to club members and to Mrs. Croly's known intimates, asking for
her letters. But the response came almost without variation: "My letters
from Mrs. Croly are of too personal a nature for publication." A few,
however, were freely offered, and these it was decided should be used,
depending for the bulk of the Memorial upon copious extracts from
Mrs. Croly's "History of the Woman's Club Movement in America,"
from her editorial work on _The Cycle_, and from her miscellaneous
writings. To this characteristic material her long cherished friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Thaddeus B. Wakeman, added an account of the "Positivist
Episode," that objective point in her career, with which her husband
was closely identified.
With these are: Mrs. Croly's Club Life, a sketch by Mrs. Haryot Holt
Dey; the Sorosis-Press Club Memorial Meeting; the Resolutions of the
Woman's Press Club of New York City, the General Federation of
Clubs, and the Society of American Women in London; tributes from
London clubwomen; Essays and Addresses; Letters and Stray Leaves
and Notes, written by Mrs. Croly; tributes from many of her friends,
and my own recollections.
CAROLINE M. MORSE, Chairman.

Contents
"JENNY JUNE."--Ethel Morse
A BROTHER'S MEMORIES.--John Cunningham, D.D.
SOROSIS-PRESS CLUB MEMORIAL MEETING ADDRESSES:
Dimies T.S. Denison Charlotte B. Wilbour Phebe A. Hanaford Orlena
A. Zabriskie Carrie Louise Griffin Cynthia Westover Alden May Riley
Smith Fanny Hallock Carpenter
RESOLUTIONS AND TRIBUTES FROM CLUBS: Resolutions of the
New York State Federation From the Croly Memorial Fund of the
Pioneer Club of London
THE POSITIVIST EPISODE.--Thaddeus B. Wakeman
MRS. CROLY'S CLUB LIFE.--Haryot Holt Dey
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES BY JANE CUNNINGHAM CROLY:
Beginnings of Organization The Moral Awakening The Advantages of
a General Federation of Women's Clubs The Clubwoman The New
Life The Days That Are A People's Church
NOTES, LETTERS, AND STRAY LEAVES.--Jane Cunningham
Croly
THE TRIBUTES OF FRIENDS: Miriam Mason Greeley Marie Etienne
Burns Izora Chandler Janie C.P. Jones Catherine Weed Barnes Ward
Sara J. Lippincott--"Grace Greenwood" Jennie de la M. Lozier Genie H.
Rosenfeld S.A. Lattimore Ellen M. Staples Margaret W. Ravenhill T.C.
Evans St. Clair McKelway Laura Sedgwick Collins Mary Coffin
Johnson Caroline M. Morse Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Illustrations
JANE CUNNINGHAM CROLY (JENNY JUNE) AT THE AGE OF
61
MRS. CROLY AT THE AGE OF 40 (ABOUT THE TIME SOROSIS
WAS INAUGURATED)
FACSIMILE OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE WOMAN'S
PRESS CLUB OF NEW YORK, JANUARY 11, 1902
FACSIMILE OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SOCIETY OF
AMERICAN WOMEN IN LONDON, MARCH 24, 1902
DAVID GOODMAN CROLY
FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY MRS.
CROLY, OCTOBER, 1900

MRS. CROLY AT THE AGE OF 18

Jenny June
The South Wind blows across the harrowed fields, And lo! the young
grain springs to happy birth; His warm breath lingers where the granite
shields Intruding flowers, and the responsive Earth Impartially her
varied harvest yields. Through long ensuing months with tender mirth
The South Wind laughs, rejoicing in the worth Of the impellent
energies he wields.
Within our minds the memory of a Name Will move, and fires of
inspiration that burned