Maryon Pittman Allen

**Maryon Allen** (née **Pittman** ; 30 ga Nuwamba, 1925 - Yuli 23, 2018) yar jaridar Amurka ce wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin Sanata na Amurka daga Alabama na tsawon watanni biyar a 1978, bayan mijinta, Sanata James B. Allen, ya mutu a ofis. Ba ta rike mukamin gwamnati kafin nada ta a tsohuwar kujerar Sanata. Gwamnan Democratic Alabama George Wallace ne ya nada ta.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Maryon Pittman a Meridian, Mississippi a cikin 1925. A shekara mai zuwa dangin ya ƙaura zuwa Birmingham, Alabama, inda mahaifinta ya kafa dillalin tarakta kuma inda ta girma kuma ta halarci makarantar gwamnati. Daga 1944 zuwa 1947 ta karanci aikin jarida a jami'ar Alabama amma bata kammala karatu ba. A cikin 1946, yayin da take karatu, ta auri Joshua Mullins. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya uku, waɗanda har yanzu suna kanana a 1959 lokacin da auren ya ƙare a kisan aure .   

Bayan rabuwar ta, ta tafi aiki, da farko a matsayin wakiliyar inshora sannan kuma ta zama editan sashin mata na jaridu biyar na mako-mako a yankin Birmingham. Wannan ƙwarewar ta haifar da matsayi a matsayin marubucin ma'aikaci don *Birmingham News* . A cikin wannan matsayi ne ta sadu da James "Jim" Allen, sannan Laftanar gwamnan Alabama, a 1964, lokacin da ta yi hira da shi dangane da jawabin da ya gabatar ga Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Mata ta Alabama . Ita da Allen, wadda mijinta ya mutu da ’ya’ya biyu, sun shaku da juna kuma sun yi aure a watan Agusta 1964, bayan sun yi zawarcin watanni huɗu kacal.  

## Ma'auratan siyasa
Bayan aurenta na biyu, Maryon Pittman Allen ta zama matar siyasa. A matsayinsa na Laftanar gwamna, Jim Allen ya zama shugaban majalisar dattawan jihar Alabama a wani zama na musamman na majalisar dokokin jihar da gwamna George C. Wallace ya kira kwanaki uku kafin daurin auren. A cikin wata labarin jarida da aka buga jim kadan bayan haka, ta rubuta cewa zaman majalisar ya haifar da ma'auratan "mafi yawan jama'a, hutun amarci na siyasa a tarihi". 

A shekarar 1967, a wannan shekarar da mijinta ya gama wa’adinsa na mukaddashin gwamna, Maryon Allen ya gano cewa tana da tarin fuka kuma ta yi jinya na tsawon watanni. A shekara ta gaba ta rubuta jerin labarai ga jaridun Alabama inda ta bayyana abubuwan da ta samu. Labarin nata ya bayyana shirye-shiryen kulawa a asibitocin Alabama kuma sun bukaci masu karatu su sami gwajin tarin fuka da haskoki na kirji.   

A shekara ta 1968, Jim Allen ya lashe zaben Majalisar Dattijan Amurka. Lokacin da ya karbi mulki a watan Janairun 1969, Maryon ta raka shi zuwa Washington, DC Ta ci gaba da aiki a matsayin jarida, ta rubuta wani shafi mai suna "The Reflections of a News Hen" ga jaridu a Alabama.   Rukunin ya sami lambobin yabo na Ƙungiyar Jarida ta Alabama a matsayin "mafi kyawun shafi na asali". 

## Majalisar Dattawan Amurka
Jim Allen ya mutu kwatsam a ranar 1 ga Yuni, 1978, wanda ya kamu da ciwon zuciya . Bayan mako guda, ranar 8 ga Yuni, 1978, Gwamnan Alabama George Wallace ya nada Maryon Allen don ya gaji mijinta a Majalisar Dattawa. 

A majalisar dattijai, ta samu aiki zuwa biyu daga cikin kwamitocin da mijinta ya yi aiki a kansu, Shari'a da Noma, Nutrition, da kuma gandun daji, amma bai yi nasara ba a kokarinta na samun nada a Kwamitin Dokoki da Gudanarwa .  Ita ce mace ta farko da ta fara aiki a kwamitin shari'a na majalisar dattawa . 

Kamar mijinta, Maryon Allen ya kasance mai ra'ayin mazan jiya har ma da ƙa'idodin Alabama Democratic na lokacin. A watan Oktoban 1978, ta kada kuri'a don wata shawara don ba da damar jihohin da suka amince da Kwaskwarima Daidaita Hakki (ERA) su soke amincewarsu. A lokacin, jihohi 35 sun amince da ERA, guda uku na jimlar da za a buƙaci kafin Maris 1979 don ƙara ERA zuwa Tsarin Mulki na Amurka . Kudirin bai wa jihohi damar soke amincewar su ya gaza samun rinjaye, kuma majalisar dattawa ta ci gaba da shiga majalisar wajen kada kuri’ar ba wa jihohi karin wa’adin shekaru uku su amince da ERA, amma babu wasu jihohin da suka amince da shi, don haka abin ya ci tura. 

Bayan nadin da ta yi a Majalisar Dattawa, Allen ta yanke shawarar zama dan takara a zaben na musamman na Nuwamba 1978 na sauran shekaru biyu na wa'adin majalisar dattawan mijinta. An yi tsammanin Gwamna Wallace zai nemi kujerar Majalisar Dattawa, amma ya yanke shawarar kada ya tsaya takara, wanda ya sa Allen ya fi so ya yi nasara. Duk da haka, ta yi mummunar lalacewa ga martabarta bayan da *Washington Post* ta buga wata hira da ta yi wa 'yar jarida Sally Quinn . Quinn ya nakalto kalaman da Allen ya yi wanda ya bayyana masu sukar Gwamna Wallace da matarsa Lurleen Wallace . Allen ta ce Quinn ta gurbata kalamanta, amma kalaman sun banbanta da dama 'yan Alabamiya, wasu kuma sun nuna shakku kan hukuncin da ta yanke a zaman tattaunawa da *Post*, wanda masu ra'ayin rikau suka dauka a matsayin wallafe-wallafen masu sassaucin ra'ayi . Ta samu rinjaye a zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya a ranar 5 ga Satumba, 1978, inda ta samu kashi 44 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada, amma ta kasa samun babban rinjayen da ake bukata domin kaucewa zaben fidda gwani. A zagaye na biyu na zaben da aka gudanar a ranar 26 ga watan Satumba, ta sha kaye a hannun Sanatan jihar Donald W. Stewart da kuri'u fiye da 120,000. Stewart ya ci gaba da lashe babban zaɓe a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, kuma Allen ya bar Majalisar Dattijai washegari.  

A lokacin da take mulki, Maryon Allen ta kasance daya daga cikin mata biyu kacal a Majalisar Dattawa. Ita kuma matar Sanata, Muriel Humphrey, an nada ta a cikin Janairu 1978 don cike kujerar da mutuwar mijinta, Hubert Humphrey ya bari. Muriel Humphrey kuma ya bar Majalisar Dattawa a watan Nuwamba 1978, nan da nan bayan zaben magaji.

## Bayan shekaru
Bayan ƙarshen taƙaitaccen sabis ɗinta a Majalisar Dattijai, Allen ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin ɗan jarida na *The Washington Post* .  A cikin shekarun baya, ta koma Alabama, inda ta yi aikin hulda da jama'a na dila da gidan gwanjo a Birmingham.  

Maryon Pittman Allen ya mutu a ranar 23 ga Yuli, 2018, yana da shekaru 92. 
 

* Mata a Majalisar Dattawan Amurka

## Manazarta