What is Maryon Pittman Allen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Maryon Pittman Allen |image = Maryon pittman allen.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Alabama]] |term_start = June 8, 1978 |term_end = November 7, 1978 |predecessor = [[James Allen (U.S. Senator)|James Allen]] |successor = [[Donald Stewart (Alabama)|Donald Stewart]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1925|11|30}} |birth_place = [[Meridian, Mississippi|Meridian]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|7|23|1925|11|30}} |death_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Joshua Mullins {{small|(1946–1959)}}<br>[[James Allen (U.S. senator)|James Allen]] {{small|(1964–1978)}} |children = 3<br>2 stepchildren |alma_mater = [[University of Alabama|University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa]] }} '''Maryon Pittman Allen''' (November 30, 1925 &ndash; July 23, 2018) was an American [[journalist]]. She served as [[United States Senator]] from [[Alabama]] for five months in 1978, after her husband, Senator [[James Allen (U.S. senator)|James B. Allen]], died in office.<ref>{{citation |url=http://womenincongress.house.gov/historical-data/representatives-senators-by-congress.html?congress=95 |title=Women Representatives and Senators by Congress, 95th Congress, 1977–1979 |work=Women in Congress |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |access-date=March 4, 2012 |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323030602/http://womenincongress.house.gov/historical-data/representatives-senators-by-congress.html?congress=95 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Allen died on July 23, 2018 in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2018-07-25/former-us-senator-maryon-allen-dies-at-92 Former US Senator Maryon Allen Dies at 92]</ref> == Early life == Maryon Pittman was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in 1925. Her family moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where her