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Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June" by Various
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And we purpose to take up her work, where she laid it down, and carry
it on with the same unselfish aims, high ideals, and unremitting
patience with which she labored, until we shall reach the goal upon
which her farseeing eyes were fastened, and her great heart was set.

FANNY HALLOCK CARPENTER.
February 13, 1902.




[Illustration: Resolutions adopted by The Society of American Women in
London, March 24th, 1902.]




The Croly Memorial Fund of the Pioneer Club of London

_First Annual Report_


In July, 1900, a fund was raised by the exertions of Mrs. E.S.
Willard, to present a life membership of the Pioneer Club to Mrs. Jane
Cunningham Croly, known to all who are interested in woman's work as
"Jenny June."

Mrs. Croly had a special claim to this distinction, for she was the
originator of women's clubs. The first woman's club was founded by her
in New York, March, 1868, under the name of "Sorosis." The example was
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