Joan Sawyer (October 11, 1887 – November 1966), born Bessie Josephine Morrison, was an American society dancer, composer, suffragist, and businesswoman, who performed on the vaudeville circuit in the 1910s.

[6] Sawyer was a feminist social dancer, who believed her work advanced the cause of women's suffrage.

"[10] Among her dance partners were Rudolph Valentino,[11] George Raft, Nigel Barrie, Wallace McCutcheon Jr., and Arthur Ashley.

[16] The club was unusual in its time, for having a woman manager and a black Jamaican-born band leader, Dan Kildare.

[25] In 1929, Joan Sawyer Rentschler was sued by an Ohio man, who claimed she persuaded his wife to divorce him.