Jane Cunningham Croly

Jane Cunningham Croly a pioneer in the journalism profession, received her start as a journalist, in New York City with the New York Tribune when they read and accepted her first article. After this milestone with the Tribune, Croly began writing for Noah's Weekly Messenger and the New York Sunday Times.  At this time Croly was successfully operating a column in which was titled, "Parlor and Side-walk Gossip," and this column thrived. By the year 1857 she had triumphantly syndicated her column and sent it to various newspapers in big cities such as Baltimore and Richmond. 

In 1859 Croly and her husband moved to Illinois where she began a newspaper called the Rockford Daily News but failed only one year subsequent to its beginning. After this failure, Croly and her new family moved back to New York City and she worked running the women's department at the New York World in 1862.

 The year 1864 served as a big moment in Croly's career because she published her first book entitled "Talks on Woman's Topics," and two years later in 1866 published "Jennie June's American Cookery Book."

Croly was a family women and honestly had two jobs, one being a mother and the second being a journalist and although she did exceptionally well both, her career did face slight adversity. This adversity occurred in 1869 when her and a group of women were denied tickets to hear Charles Dickens speak. This refusal birthed her renowned women's club "Sorosis," and had a domino effect on the remainder of her career. 

In 1890 Croly established the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the New York Women's Clubs. Following the success of her newly founded clubs in 1898 Croly wrote her most famous novel, "The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America."This novel would be the last potent stint that Croly partook in before her departure in 1901. 

Croly dedicated her life to the advancement of women, the careers of other female journalist, and the assistance of women searching for employment. Croly herself made a name for herself as a journalist in a time where the journalism field was mainly dominated by men, so she used her own career and success as an aid to help other women. Croly juggled being a mother, journalist, and intellectual society member.

Works Cited

"Jane Cunningham Croly." GFWC. General Federation of Women's Clubs, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.

"Women of the Hall." Jane Cunningham Croly. National Women's Hall of Fame, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2013.