Frist lady Michelle Obama

Born January 17, 1964 (1964-01-17) (age 45)
Chicago, Illinois
Birth name Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Barack Obama (m. 1992)
Children Malia and Sasha Obama
Residence Chicago, IL (private)
White House, Washington, D.C. (official)
Alma mater Princeton University, (A.B.)
Harvard Law School, (J.D.)
Profession Lawyer
Religion Protestant Christian

frist lady Michelle Obama

Family and education

See also: Michelle Robinson's family tree

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois to Fraser Robinson III,[1] a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain, and Marian Shields Robinson, a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store.[2] Her mother stayed at home until Michelle entered high school.[3]

.[4] The family ate meals together and also entertained together as a family by playing games such as Monopoly and by reading.[5] She and her brother, Craig (who is 21 months older), skipped the second grade. By sixth grade, Michelle joined a gifted class at Bryn Mawr Elementary School (later renamed Bouchet Academy).[6] She attended Whitney Young High School, Chicago's first magnet high school, where she was on the honor roll four years, took advanced placement classes, was a member of the National Honor Society and served as student council treasurer.







Career

Following law school, she was an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin, where she first met her future husband. At the firm, she worked on marketing and intellectual property.[11] Subsequently, she held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor, and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development.




2008 Presidential election

Campaigning for Barack Obama
Winfrey joins the Obamas on the campaign trail, December 10, 2007. Winfrey joins the Obamas on the campaign trail, December 10, 2007.
Winfrey joins the Obamas on the campaign trail, December 10, 2007.
In May 2007, three months after her husband declared his presidential candidacy, she reduced her professional responsibilities by eighty percent to support his presidential campaign.[1] Early in the campaign, she had limited involvement in which she traveled to political events only two days a week and traveled overnight only if their daughters could come along;[1] by early February 2008 her participation had increased significantly, attending thirty-three events in eight days.


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2008 Democratic National Convention speech

Michelle Obama was regarded as a charismatic public speaker from the very beginning of the campaign.13] On the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Craig Robinson introduced his "little sister" in humanizing terms.[14] She delivered the keynote address, during which she sought to portray herself and her family as the embodiment of the American Dream.[15] Other speakers that night included Jesse Jackson, Jr. and Edward Kennedy,14] who some had expected to steal the limelight.


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With the ascent of her husband as a prominent national politician, she has become a part of pop culture. In May 2006, Essence magazine listed her among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women."20][21] In July 2007, Vanity Fair magazine listed her among "10 of the World's Best Dressed People." She was an honorary guest at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball as an "young'un" paying tribute to the 'Legends,' which helped pave the way for African American Women. In September 2007, 02138 magazine listed her 58th of "The Harvard 100," a list of the prior year's most influential Harvard alumni. Her husband was ranked fourth.