Interesting facts about michelle obama
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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 the first African American elected to the presidency, and in January 2009 the Obamas moved into the
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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 presidential campaigns. She was the first African-American woman to serve as first lady. As first lady, Ob
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First Lady Michelle Obama
Early Life and Career
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 from Whitney Young High School, Chicago’s first magnet high school. She followed her brother to Princeton University in New Jersey, graduating cum laude in 1985. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Sociology with a minor in African-American Studies, which informed her senior thesis: “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community.”
In 1988, Mrs. Obama received her law degree from Harvard Law School. Following graduation, she was hired by the Chicago corporate-law firm of Sidley & Austin, where she specialized in entertainment law, and was ultimately assigned as advisor to summer associate Barack Obama. After leaving Sidley & Austin in 1993, Mrs. Obama
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