NY, Putnam's, 1904. "Jenny June" Croly, was the "first American newspaper woman" (New York Times obituary, 1901). She was also the founder of Sorosis, the first professional women's club in the U.S. (1868), which was her response to female journalists being barred from a talk by Charles Dickens, and she was the founder of the Women's Press Club of New York City (1889) and its president until her death. This book is a tribute to Croly, arranged jointly by the WPC and by Sorosis, and includes memories of her, a biography by her brother, and several essays, speeches and letters by Croly herself. This copy has a presentation inscription by Baroness Katharine Evans von Klenner, Honorary President of the Women's Press Club, on the front pastedown. Stamp of the Double Spearhead Bar Ranch on the pastedown; possible name erasure front flyleaf; facsimile inscription by Croly on the frontispiece tissue guard. In publisher's gilt-decorated binding by "J.B."; light rubbing to the joints and ends; a near fine copy. [#035630] SOLD