Maryon Allen sewing on a wedding dress in the attic of her home on Cliff Road in Birmingham, Alabama.
After the death of her husband, Senator James B. Allen, in June 1978, Governor George Wallace appointed Maryon to fill the vacant seat until a special election could be held in November. The winner of that election would serve out the remaining two years of James Allen's original term; Maryon r...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/127379 |