In an interview Stevie gave to USA Today when Street Angel was released, she mentioned she was going to sing Jane live that evening at a benefit for Jane Goodall, possibly the only time she ever sang it live. I mention this only because it seems odd to me she would have written two different songs about Jane Goodall between 1986 and 1994. Plus, Jane is, well, pretty obviously about Jane Goodall. Joan of Arc, not so much.
Having said that, there do seem to be some minor similarities between the two songs, such as the references to "the wall." Maybe Stevie wrote Joan of Arc about something else, but when she wrote Jane, she incorporated some of the ideas or lyrics from Joan of Arc into Jane. Just speculation.
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