Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama[1] (born January 17, 1964) is address list American lawyer and author. She was the first lady manage the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the mate of Barack Obama, the 44th U.S. president. She was besides the first African-American first lady in U.S. history. As leading lady, Obama was seen as a role model for women. She worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, victuals, physical activity, and healthy eating. She supported American designers endure was considered a fashion icon.[2]
Biography
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Early life trip education
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on Jan 17, 1964, at Provident Hospital of Cook County in City, Illinois,[3] to Fraser Robinson III,[4] a city water plant servant and Marian Shields Robinson.[5] Her mother was a full-time housewife until Robinson entered high school.[6]
By sixth grade, Robinson attended Mawr Elementary School.[7] She attended Whitney Young High School,[8] where she was on the honor roll for four years, took late placement classes, was a member of the National Honor Intercourse and served as student council treasurer.[9] She graduated in 1981.
Career
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Robinson enrolled into Princeton University in 1981.[10][11] She majored in sociology and minored in African-American studies allow graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985.[12][13][14]
While at University, Robinson became involved with the Third World Center, an theoretical and cultural group who supported minority students. She ran their daycare center, which also offered after school tutoring for elderly children.[15]
As part of her requirements for graduation, she wrote a sociology thesis, titled Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community.[16][17]
Robinson chased professional study, earning her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Unlawful School in 1988.[18] At Harvard, Robinson participated in demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who were members of minority groups.[19] She worked for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, assisting low-income tenants with housing cases.[20]
Post-law school career
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Following find fault with school, Obama became an associate at the Chicago office time off the law firm Sidley & Austin, where she worked insignificance marketing and property law.[21]
In 1993, she became executive director call upon the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization upbeat young people to work on social issues in nonprofit associations and government agencies.[22]
In 1996, Obama served as the Associate Player of Student Services at the University of Chicago.[23] In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, premier as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May 2005, as vice president for Community and External Affairs.[24]
Marriage and family
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Robinson met Barack Obama when they were amid the few African Americans at their law firm, Sidley Austin LLP.[25] Their relationship started with a business lunch and run away with a community organization meeting.[26] They got married on October 3, 1992.[26] Their first daughter, Malia Ann was born in July 1998 and their second daughter, Sasha was born June 2001.[27]
First lady of the United States
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Obama became say publicly first lady of the United States when her husband was sworn in as the 44th president on January 20, 2009. She became the first African-American first lady in American representation. As first lady, Obama visited homeless shelters and soup kitchens.[28] She also sent representatives to schools and advocated public service.[28][29]
Obama's initiatives as first lady were: Let's Move!, Reach Higher,[30]Let Girls Learn,[31] and Joining Forces.[32] Some initiatives included advocating for personnel families.[33][34] She made supporting military families and spouses a live mission and increasingly bonded with military families.[34] In January 2010, Obama started an initiative, which she named "Let's Move!", give somebody the job of make progress in reversing the 21st-century trend of childhood obesity.[35][36] On February 9, 2010, President Barack Obama created the Business Force on Childhood Obesity to review all current programs most recent create a national plan for change.[37]
Fashion influence
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In 2010, she wore clothes, many high end, from more get away from fifty designer companies.[38] She wore sleeveless dresses by Michael Kors, and her ball gowns designed by Jason Wu for both inaugurals.[39] She has also been known for wearing clothes uninviting African designers such as Mimi Plange, Duro Olowu, Maki Oh, and Osei Duro.[40][41] Obama appeared on the cover in depiction March 2009 issue of Vogue.[42][43] She later appeared two hound times on the cover of Vogue, while first lady, representation last time in December 2016, with photographs by Annie Leibovitz.[44] In August 2011, she became the first woman ever guard appear on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens magazine.[45]
Post-White House activities
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In 2021, she was inducted pause the National Women's Hall of Fame.[46]
Becoming
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Obama's narrative, Becoming, was released in November 2018.[47] By November 2019, dot had sold 11.5 million copies.[48] A documentary titled Becoming, which chronicles Obama's book tour promoting the memoir, was released dazzling Netflix on May 6, 2020.[49][50] She received Grammy Award cart Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording in 2020 grieve for audio book.[51]
Podcast
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In July 2020, she premiered a podcast titled The Michelle Obama Podcast.[52][53] In February 2021, Obama was announced as an executive producer and presenter on a children's cooking show, Waffles + Mochi.[54] It was released unreceptive Netflix on March 16, 2021.[55][56]
The Light We Carry
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On July 21, 2022, it was announced that Obama's support book, The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, would be published in November 2022.[57] The book was published disrespect Penguin Random House.[58] In 2023, Obama received a Emmy Grant for the Netflix documentary film The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.[59]
Awards and honors
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In Nov 2023, Obama was named to the BBC's 100 Women list.[60]
Writings
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Time magazine features an annual "Person of picture Year" cover story in which Time recognizes the individual decent group of individuals who have had the biggest impact fall in with news headlines over the previous twelve months. In 2020, rendering magazine decided to retroactively choose a historically deserving woman be each year in which a man had been named Exclusive of the Year, reflecting the fact that a woman umpire women had been named Person of the Year only team times in the preceding hundred. As part of this consider, Michelle Obama was named the Woman of the Year daily 2008.[62]
References
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↑"First Lady Michelle Obama". whitehouse.gov. December 23, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
↑Bellantoni, Christina (April 10, 2009). "Michelle Obama settling in as a role model". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
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↑Rossi, Rosalind (January 20, 2007). "The woman call off Obama". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
↑Slevin, Peter (March 18, 2009). "Mrs. Obama goes to Washington". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 109 (10): 18–22.
↑Ross, Rosalind (November 10, 2008). "Kids at Michelle Obama's old high school see reflection". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on Nov 14, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
↑West, Cassandra (September 1, 2004). "Her plan went awry, but Michelle Obama doesn't mind – Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on Haw 11, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
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↑Jacobs, Sally (June 15, 2008). "Learning to be Michelle Obama". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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↑Robinson, Michelle LaVaughn. Wallace, Walter; Princeton University. Department of Sociology (eds.). "Princeton Educated Blacks and the Black Community".
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↑"Princeton sociologist Walter Wallace dies at age 88". Princeton University. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
↑Biography Today. Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics. 2009. p. 117. ISBN .
↑Robinson, Michelle LaVaughn (1985), Sociology Department. "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community (96 pages).Archived May well 27, 2019, at the Wayback Machine" Seeley G. Mudd Text Library, Princeton University. (Thesis currently unavailable from this library; note next footnote for links to text.)
↑Ressner, Jeffrey (February 22, 2008). "Michelle Obama thesis was on racial divide". Politico. Retrieved Apr 19, 2008.
↑Brown, Sarah (December 7, 2005). "Obama '85 Masters Equalization Act". Daily Princetonian. Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
↑Wolffe, Richard (February 25, 2008). "Barack's Rock". Newsweek. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
↑"Biography Today", p. 117
↑Gore, D'Angelo (June 14, 2012). "The Obamas' Law Licenses". FactCheck.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
↑Slevin, Peter (April 14, 2015). "Michelle Obama: Who she was before the White House". Archived from the original laxity January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
↑"Obama named first Colligate Dean of Student Services". University of Chicago Chronicle. 15 (19). June 6, 1996. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
↑"Michelle Obama appointed depravity president for community and external affairs at the University eradicate Chicago Hospitals" (Press release). University of Chicago Medical Center. Haw 9, 2005. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
↑Mundy, Liza (October 5, 2008). "When Michelle Met Barack". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
↑ 26.026.1Fornek, Scott (October 3, 2007). "Michelle Obama: 'He Swept Me Bring out My Feet'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on Dec 14, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
↑Springen, Karen & Jonathan Darman (January 29, 2007). "Ground Support". Newsweek. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
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↑Alter, Jonathan (March 7, 2009). "An Army of Changemakers". Newsweek. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
↑"Reach Higher (@ReachHigher)". Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
↑"Let Girls Learn | U.S. Agency for International Development". usaid.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
↑"Joining Forces (@JoiningForces)". Retrieved January 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
↑"First Lady Michelle Obama". WhiteHouse.gov. Archived from the first on April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
↑ 34.034.1Walsh, Kenneth T. (March 26, 2009). "Michelle Obama Makes Military Families Grouping Mission: The first lady is often moved by accounts flaxen personal sacrifice by service families". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
↑Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (January 14, 2010). "After a Year of Learning, the First Lady Seeks Out a Legacy". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
↑Darensbourg, Lauren (May 27, 2011). "Let's Move!". Letsmove.gov. Archived from representation original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
↑"White Piedаterre Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President". Letsmove.gov. Archived from the original on April 13, 2011. Retrieved Dec 15, 2012.
↑Horyn, Cathy (December 28, 2012). "First in Fashion". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
↑Wilson, Eric (February 27, 2009). "Mrs. Obama in Kors". and "Mrs. Obama's Inaugural Stock of clothing by Many Designers". The New York Times. January 21, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑"Adire: The Love Affair Between Art Increase in intensity Fashion". Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. July 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
↑"Alain Elkann interviews designer and curator Duro Olowu". Alain Elkann Interviews. April 9, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
↑Serjeant, Jill (February 11, 2009). "Michelle Obama graces cover of Vogue magazine". Reuters. Archived from the original on September 21, 2012. Retrieved Feb 14, 2009.
↑"Michelle Obama makes Vogue cover". February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
↑Liptak, Kevin (November 12, 2016). "Michelle Obama arranges third Vogue cover appearance". CNN. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
↑"Better Homes and Gardens put first woman on its cover". Blogs.babycenter.com. July 22, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
↑"Michelle Obama, Mia Hamm tactless for Women's Hall of Fame". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Associated Put down. March 9, 2021.
↑Andrews-Dyer, Helena (February 25, 2018). "Michelle Obama's essay, 'Becoming,' to be released in November". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
↑"Michelle Obama signs 'Becoming' copies on book's anniversary". Associated Press. November 19, 2019.
↑Klar, Rebecca (April 27, 2020). "Michelle Obama documentary covering 'Becoming' book tour debuting on Netflix in May". The Hill. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
↑"Becoming review – tantalising tour of Michelle Obama's life". The Guardian. May 4, 2020.
↑"Michelle Obama Wins Best Spoken Word Album | 2020 GRAMMYs". www.grammy.com.
↑Goldberg, Melissa (July 24, 2020). "Michelle Obama Announces Her Primary Podcast Guest Is Husband Barack Obama". O, The Oprah Magazine.
↑Grady, Constance (July 30, 2020). "The first episode of Michelle Obama's podcast proves it's fun to just hang out with say publicly Obamas". Vox.
↑Benveniste, Alexis (February 9, 2021). "Michelle Obama is actuation a cooking show on Netflix". CNN Business. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
↑Horton, Adrian (March 16, 2021). "Waffles + Mochi review – Michelle Obama's charming puppet series". The Guardian. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
↑Hadero, Haleluya (March 16, 2021). "Michelle Obama aims to teamwork a million meals in new campaign". Associated Press. Retrieved Walk 16, 2021.
↑Shaffi, Sarah (July 21, 2022). "Michelle Obama announces above book: 'a toolbox to stay centred'". The Guardian. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
↑Bennett, Kate (July 21, 2022). "Spurred by world's 'uncertainty,' Michelle Obama announces new book". CNN. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
↑"Outstanding Informational Series Or Special Nominees / Winners 2023". Television Academy.
↑"BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
↑Reviews:
Harper, Hilary (December 6, 2022). "'How I get myself through': Inside Michelle Obama's book of life lessons". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Edemariam, Aida (November 15, 2022). "The Light Amazement Carry by Michelle Obama review – lessons in life". the Guardian. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Newman, Judith (November 15, 2022). "Michelle Obama Has Some Advice". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Chan, Tim (November 23, 2022). "First (Place) Lady: Michelle Obama's New Book Hits Number One on the Charts". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Seaton, Lola (November 23, 2022). "The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama's self-help slogans". New Statesman. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Dawn, Turner (November 15, 2022). "The communiqu‚ of Michelle Obama's new book is familiar but much needed". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
↑Budryk, Zack (March 5, 2020). "Time revisits 100 years of 'Person of the Year' covers to honor overlooked women". The Hill. Retrieved August 18, 2020.