Previously she was a State Representative from the 9th Norfolk district.

She enlisted in the Woman's Army Corps as Jo Ann Allen in 1950.

Discharged as a Second LT. USAR as Jo Ann Allen Sprague in 1953.

[1] She ran for the United States House of Representatives in 2001 to represent Massachusetts's 9th congressional district, but lost to Democratic opponent Stephen Lynch.

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