Joan Whitrowe (c. 1631–1707) was an English religious writer, visionary and polemicist.
[1][2] She was married to Robert Whitrowe, a tailor, and had two children: Susannah (c. 1662–1677) and Jason (c. 1671–1677).
[4] The preface of this biography was written by prominent London Quaker Rebecca Travers, who visited by her bedside.
[3][5] Although not fully accurate, this biography became one of her most widely-read works and detailed Susannah's utterances against corruption, her initial reluctance but subsequent sympathy with Quakerism, and her praise of her mother's spiritual integrity.
[3] Initially a Quaker, she later broke with them, later saying she was not a member of any specific religious sect.