Wanda
Jean
Allen
Born in United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 41
in McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Wanda Allen is Notable.
Wanda Jean Allen was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Leathers, her longtime girlfriend. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Oklahoma in 1977.
Wanda Jean was the second of eight children. Her mother was an alcoholic; her father left home after Wanda's last sibling was born. The family lived in public housing and scraped by on public assistance.
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See also:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Jean_Allen
- Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 16 November 2019), memorial page for Wanda Jean Allen (17 Aug 1959–11 Jan 2001), Find A Grave: Memorial #14301888, citing Trice Hill Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Pamela (contributor 46522791)
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