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In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to

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"In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live"

- Ethel Waters

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This quote is written / told by Ethel Waters between October 31, 1896 and September 1, 1977. He/she was a famous Musician from USA. The author also have 32 other quotes.

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