Joan Embury Cochran
Social reformer, sex educator, teacher
About Joan Embury Cochran
Lived 1912 – 1995 (aged 82). Joan Embury Cochran was a New Zealand sex educator.
Joan Embury Cochran (née Feltham; 16 October 1912 – 31 July 1995) was a New Zealand social reformer, sex educator and teacher.
Biography She was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 16 October 1912.
Private life During her studying at university she met an English lecturer Andrew Bruce Cochran, who was 10 years older than her. They married at Trinity Methodist Church, Wellington South, on 13 August 1935, and moved to Khandallah. They had two daughters and a son.
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social reformer, sex educator, teacher
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Joan Embury Cochran was born on 16 October 1912.
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Joan Embury Cochran died on 31 July 1995.
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Joan Embury Cochran was a sex educator.
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