Michelle Obama's Life
- Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, who later became better known as Michelle Obama, was born on January 17, 1964.
- Michelle Obama is African-American. Her father, Fraser was a water-pump operator, who had multiple sclerosis, and her mother Marian was a secretary. They lived in Chicago's South Side.
- After Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Michelle Obama followed her brother Craig in going to Princeton University. In 1985 she gained a B.A. in sociology and a minor in African American studies.
- The Times printed an extract from Michelle Obama's thesis( copyright Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, 1985): "My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my “Blackness” than ever before. I have found that, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my White professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Regardless of the circumstances under which I interact with Whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be Black first and a student second. These experiences have made it apparent to me that the path I have chosen to follow will likely lead to my further integration and/or assimilation into a White cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant."
- After Princeton, Michelle Obama went to Harvard Law School, where she gained her degree in 1988. She joined the corporate law firm Sidley & Austin and in 1989 fate stepped in when she was assigned as mentor to the then law student, Barack Obama.
- Michelle and Barack Obama married in 1992.
- Barack Obama's official website has a detailed account of Michelle Obama's career since she entered a career in public service in 1991, including her roles as an assistant to the mayor, as the assistant commissioner of planning and development for the City of Chicago, as a founding executive director of Public Allies - Chicago, and various roles at the University of Chicago.
- Michelle and Barack Obama have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
- On 4 November 2008, Michelle's husband Barack Obama was elected President of the USA.