Janet W. O'Brien

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Janet W. O'Brien
1995 Janet OBrien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives
from the 5th Plymouth district
In office
1991–1999
Personal details
Alma mater Tufts University (BA)
Harvard University (MPA) [1]

Janet W. O'Brien is an American Democratic politician from Hanover, Massachusetts. [2] She represented the 5th Plymouth district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 1999. [2]


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  1. https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19931994bost/publicofficersof19931994bost_djvu.txt
  2. 1 2 "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.