Joan Ann Werner Laurie (17 November 1920 – 21 March 1964) was an English book and magazine editor.
[2] The periodical dealt with a range of issue of interest to women, from menstruation, hysterectomy and abortion to recipes and carpentry.
Joan and Nancy lived openly together with their sons, and later the couple provided a home to Windmill Theatre owner and rally driver Sheila van Damm.
She was learning to fly when she died, with Nancy Spain and four others, when the Piper Apache aeroplane crashed near Aintree racecourse on the way to the 1964 Grand National.
[3] The Civil Aviation Authority Accident Report ended with the words, "Passenger interference cannot be ruled out".