Dorathy M. Allen

**Dorathy Allen** (née **McDonald** ) (Maris 10, 1910 &#x2013; Mayu 12, 1990) editan jarida ce ta Amurka kuma mai buga littattafai, kuma 'yar siyasa ta Jam'iyyar Democrat . Ana tunawa da Allen a matsayin mace ta farko da aka zaba a Majalisar Dattawan Jihar Arkansas . Allen ta wakilci Gundumar 26 wanda ya hada da gundumomin Monroe, Lee, Arkansas, da Phillips. Zabenta na farko a Majalisar Dattawa shine zabe na musamman a shekarar 1964 don maye gurbin kujerar da mijinta, Sanata Tom Allen ya bari. Ta tsaya takara ba tare da hamayya ba a shekarun 1966 da 1970.  A lokacin da take kan mulki, ita ce mace daya tilo a Majalisar Dattawan Jihar Arkansas.

## Iyali da rayuwar farko
An haifi Dorathy McDonald, 'yar Jack da Dora (Barnes) McDonald, a Helena da ke gundumar Phillips, Arkansas a ranar 10 ga Maris, 1910. 

Dorathy ta auri Tom Allen a watan Mayu na shekarar 1941, kuma ma'auratan sun ƙaura zuwa Brinkley da ke gundumar Monroe, Arkansas . Iyalan Allens ba su da 'ya'ya. Tom ya mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 1963. 

## Aikin jarida
Dorathy ta fara aiki a kafofin watsa labarai a matsayin editan al'umma na *Helena World* . Daga baya ta yi aiki a *Eastern Arkansas Record* a sassan labarai da talla.  Bayan aurenta da Allens, ta buga jaridar *Citizen* a Brinkley, *Monroe County Sun* da ke Clarendon, Arkansas, da kuma *Woodruff County Democrat* a Cotton Plant, Arkansas . 

A shekarar 1974, gobara ta lalata bene na biyu na *Citizen* . 

## Hidimar jama'a
Kafin a zaɓe ta a Majalisar Dattawan Jiha, Dorathy ta shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin al'umma da dama kuma tana da rawar jagoranci a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi da dama. Ta kasance a Kwamitin Ba da Shawara na Gwamna kan Matsalar Hankali, kuma tsohuwar shugabar Ƙungiyar Asibitin Arkansas. Ta kasance memba mai hayar kuma shugabar farko ta Brinkley Business and Professional Women's Club, kuma tsohuwar shugabar Arkansas Press Women. Bayan Dorathy ta bar Majalisar Dattawa, ta ci gaba da aiki a ƙungiyoyin al'umma a duk tsawon rayuwarta. 

## Miss Arkansas Pageant
Kafin shekarar 1945, ƙungiyar 'yan kasuwa ta East Arkansas Young Businessmen's Club ce ta ɗauki nauyin gasar Miss Arkansas . A shekarar 1944, Dorathy ta jagoranci gasar Miss Arkansas ga Miss America Pageant a Atlantic City inda ta ga kurakurai a gasar Arkansas wanda zai hana 'yar takarar gida shiga gasar cikin nasara a matakin ƙasa. Bayan dawowarta Arkansas, Dorathy ta ɗauki nauyin gasar Miss Arkansas. 

## Aikin siyasa
A shekarar 1944, an zaɓi Tom Allen a Majalisar Wakilai ta Arkansas . Daga baya aka zaɓe shi a Majalisar Dattawan Jihar Arkansas, inda ya riƙe kujerar har zuwa mutuwarsa. A ranar 28 ga Yuli, 1964, Dorathy Allen ta tsaya takara kuma aka zaɓe ta don cike gurbin kujerar Majalisar Dattawan Arkansas da ya buɗe kafin mutuwarsa. An sake zaɓe ta a shekarar 1966 da 1970 ba tare da wata hamayya ba. Dorathy ta yi aiki a majalisar dattawan jihar har zuwa Janairu 1975. Ba ta sake tsayawa takara ba bayan sake zaɓen da aka yi ya canza iyakokin gundumar majalisar dattawa. An yi wa Dorathy aiki a matsayin magatakardar majalisar dattawa daga 1975 zuwa 1976.

## Mutuwa
Allen ya mutu a ranar 12 ga Mayu, 1990. 

## Duba kuma

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