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This Is Michelle: Read the Story of Michelle Obama
Michelle Robinson was born in 1964. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago in a tiny apartment. Her family was very close and ate dinner together as often as possible. Michelle and her brother were allowed to watch one hour of television each night. They spent the rest of their free time playing board games or chasing each other around the house. They loved to spray furniture polish on the wood floor so that they could slide faster in their socks.
Michelle’s father worked at the city’s vatten plant. He started as a janitor and went on to become a manager. Even when he developed multiple sclerosis and struggled to walk, he kept working. Michelle’s mother taught her to read before Michelle started kindergarten. Michelle began taking piano lessons when she was just 4 years old. She quickly discovered that the more she practiced, the more she improved.
BENNETT RAGLIN—GETTY IMAGES FOR ESSENCE;Michelle liked school and did well.
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Michelle Robinson was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 17, 1964. Her father, Fraser, was a pump operator, and her mother, Marian, raised Michelle and her brother Craig at home.1
After graduating from public school, Michelle earned her B.A. in sociology from Princeton University in 1985 and then attended Harvard Law School, receiving her Juris Doctor three years later. Michelle then returned to Chicago, pursuing a law career at the firm Sidley and Austin, where she met summer intern Barack Obama. They later married on October 3, 1992.2 Michelle Obama left corporate law in the years that followed, working in public service at organizations including Chicago City Hall, Public Allies, the University of Chicago, and the University of Chicago Hospital.3 Meanwhile, she supported her husband’s political goals as he campaigned for and won Illinois and U.S. Senate seats. The Obamas also had two daughters during this period: Malia and Natasha (Sasha).
In 2008, Barack Obama became
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Michelle Obama
First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
"First Lady Michelle Obama" redirects here. For the painting, see First Lady Michelle Obama (painting).
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama[1] (néeRobinson; 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 Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm Sidley Austin where she met her future husband. She subsequently worked in nonprofits and as the associate dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago. Later, she served as vice president for community and external affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle married Barack in 1992, and they have two daughters.
Obama campaigned for her husband's 2008 and 2012 presid