Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) be an American attorney den author wey serve as de first lady of de United States from 2009 to 2017, wey na she be married to Barack Obama, de 44th president of de United States.

 Family den education 

 Early life den ancestry 
Na dem born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson for January 17, 1964, insyd Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III (1935–1991), a city water plant employee den Democratic precinct captain, den Marian Shields Robinson (1937–2024), a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store. Na ein mommie be a full-time homemaker til Michelle enter high school.

 Education den early career 
Na Robinson be inspired make she follow ein bro to Princeton University, wich na she enter insyd 1981. Na she major insyd sociology den minor insyd African-American studies, wey she graduate cum laude plus a Bachelor of Arts insyd 1985 after she plete a 99-page senior thesis dem title Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community under de supervision of Walter Wallace.

 Family life 
Na Michelle ein mommie, Marian Robinson, be a stay-at-home mother. Na ein poppie be Fraser C. Robinson III, wey he work for de city ein water purification plant. Na Robinson ein poppie, Fraser, die from complications from ein illness insyd March 1991. She go later say dat although na he be de "hole in my heart" den "loss in my scar", na de memory of ein poppie motivate am each day since. Na ein paddie Suzanne Alele die from cancer around dis time as well. Na dese losses make am think of ein contributions toward society den how well she dey influence de world from ein law firm insyd ein first job after law school. Na she consider dis a turning point.Lightfoot, p. 53.

 Religion 
Na dem raise Obama United Methodist wey she join de Trinity United Church of Christ, a mostly black congregation of de Reformed denomination dem know as de United Church of Christ. Na she den Barack Obama marry der by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. For May 31, 2008, Barack den Michelle Obama announce dat na dem withdraw dema membership insyd Trinity United Church of Christ saying: "Our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views."

Awards den honors 
Insyd November 2023, na dem name Obama to de BBC ein 100 Women list.

 Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2019 Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album Becoming She win  2023 Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times She win 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey Dem nominate am 

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 External links 

 Joining Forces

 Michelle Obama at IMDb
 Appearances on C-SPAN


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