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Michelle LaVaughn Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to former president Barack Obama.
Nov 17, 2020 · Instagram. Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964 in Chicago, the city she has continued to call home for most of her life. In her 2018 memoir Becoming, Michelle lovingly described her...
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Dec 12, 2016 · Through a collection of deeply reported stories, videos, photographs, documents and graphics, experience Barack Obama’s historic time in office: as the first black president, as commander in...
Oct 28, 2023 · Fraser died a year and a half before Michelle married husband Barack. He was 55 years old at the time of his death in 1991, and was buried not far from his home in Chicago. In her book...
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Michelle Robinson Obama was born in DeYoung, Illinois, on January 17, 1964, to parents Frasier Robinson III and Marian Shields. She grew up in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood with her older brother Craig, attending Chicago Public Schools and quickly joining gifted classes in elementary school. Mrs. Obama graduated in 1981 as class salutatorian f...
During her husband’s administration, Mrs. Obama launched multiple initiatives. Let’s Move! targeted childhood obesity by encouraging kids to participate in physical activity and revamped US school lunches to include more nutritious food options. To illustrate healthy meal planning at home and encourage Americans to learn about where their food come...
American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, 2012 (ISBN: 978-0307956026)Becoming, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1524763138)Jan 6, 2017 · Once labeled a potential liability during her husband's first campaign, she leaves the White House as arguably the brightest spot in a dismal Democratic landscape, so popular that after the...
She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initiatives, she has become a role model for women and an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls education.
