Michelle Obama
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Michelle Obama is a lawyer who served as First Lady of the United States during President Barack Obama's presidency from 2009 to 2017. She is notable as the first African American First Lady and has remained a prominent public figure since leaving the White House.
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Michelle Obama (born Michelle LaVaughn Robinson) is a former First Lady of the United States, married to President Barack Obama. Michelle and Barack Obama have two daughters: Malia, age 12, and Sasha, age 9. She was born and raised in a working class neighborhood in South Side of Chicago. Her father, Fraser Robinson, was a pump operator for the Chicago Water Department. She moved through Chicago public schools and went on to study sociology and African-American studies at Princeton University.
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
Born in Chicago and raised on the South Side of the city, 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.
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