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Michelle Obama
Memoir & Personal Growth
Michelle Obama is an American attorney, memoir author, and former First Lady whose advocacy has focused on education, nutrition, and physical activity.
Biography
Michelle Obama was born in Chicago and grew up on the city’s South Side. She graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School before working at Sidley Austin, where she met Barack Obama. Her subsequent career included nonprofit work, a role as associate dean of student services at the University of Chicago, and service as vice president for community and external affairs at its medical center.
Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, becoming the first African-American woman in that role. Her advocacy addressed poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. She campaigned in her husband’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns and has continued advocating for voter participation. Her books include the memoir Becoming and The Light We Carry.
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Books by Michelle Obama
Becoming
Becoming traces Michelle Obama’s life from her childhood on Chicago’s South Side through her career, motherhood, and years as First Lady. The memoir reflects on the public and private experiences, triumphs, and disappointments that shaped her.