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title: "1 Maybe Women Quotes By Leah Ward Sears"
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> [I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-had-very-supportive-parents-that-made-the-way-for-me-even-at-a-time/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

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## More by Leah Ward Sears

> [I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-think-people-need-to-commit-to-one-another-before-they-commit-to/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-had-very-supportive-parents-that-made-the-way-for-me-even-at-a-time/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [I'd like to see marriage count again among African-Americans and not just in the society in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-d-like-to-see-marriage-count-again-among-african-americans-and-not/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/we-need-to-in-this-country-begin-again-to-raise-civil-discourse-to/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [I don't think there is such a definition of a perfect family, but I do think that our marriages are in crisis. Our families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-don-t-think-there-is-such-a-definition-of-a-perfect-family-but-i-do/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/i-ve-always-been-very-interested-in-the-struggle-for-human-rights-not/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [A mother is a mother all of your life,but a father is a father only when he has a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/a-mother-is-a-mother-all-of-your-life-but-a-father-is-a-father-only/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

> [When I was growing up, so many of the important changes for African-Americans were being made in the United States Supreme Court and were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-ward-sears/when-i-was-growing-up-so-many-of-the-important-changes-for-african/)

[Leah Ward Sears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-ward-sears/)

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