Michelle Obama is the first african-american first lady she will always go down in history for that and she will always be seen as a pioneer for others to follow born Michelle Levon Robinson on January 17 1964 in Chicago Michelle Obama was raised in a blue-collar home on Chicago's South Side she went to Princeton University in 1981 and then on to law school after her college graduation after she graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988 Michelle Obama moved back to her hometown of Chicago where she began working at a law firm she was assigned to be
a mentor to a young summer intern named Barack Obama who then decided he wanted to ask her out on a date as his mentor Michelle thought that was inappropriate but eventually she did relent and they ultimately married on October 3rd 1992 Michelle Obama left corporate law to work in the public sector in 1991 she briefly worked as assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and later started a non-profit to help train people for careers in public service she became an associate dean at the University of Chicago in 1996 and then a vice president at the University
Medical Center in 2005 in addition to being the top breadwinner in the Obama family due to her position at the University of Chicago Michele also gave birth during that time to two daughters Malia in 1998 and Natasha known as Sasha in 2001 Michelle Obama helped her husband get elected to the Senate in 2004 she campaigned with him while still trying to maintain his normal life as possible with her daughters and raising them when Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 Michelle took a leave of absence from her work to help with the campaign and still
have time for her kids Michelle Obama officially became the 44th first lady of the United States when her husband was sworn in as president on January 20th 2009 she was extremely effective in a number of her initial as first lady including let's move which was a program focused on eradicating childhood obesity through fitness as well as her extraordinary work in supporting military personnel and their families Michelle Obama in a time of extreme partisan politics has found issues that both parties can agree on and that really bring people together during Barack Obama's 2012 re-election run Michelle
Obama traveled the country to support him and played an important role in his success she was so popular and effective on the stump she earned the nickname the closer Michelle Obama is a phenomenon in the White House she is managed to navigate the racial divide in this country the gender divide and the demands that she do something meaningful Michelle Obama is a popular first lady she was clearly a good mother clearly a good wife her husband clearly listened to her and she was a vigorous attractive presence it's hard to know what Michelle Obama will do
after the White House she has the experience the temperament the education and the visibility to assume importance in many sectors
