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Michelle Obama: A Straight Up Boss

Through her “grace, grit, style, and good humor” she is a role model to so many of the younger generation.

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Michelle Obama: A Straight Up Boss
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The Chicago Girl.

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, raised in the South Side of Chicago, grew up to become a lawyer after studying at Princeton and then onto Harvard. Before becoming the First Lady of the United States of America, she worked as a lawyer in Chicago and became Associate Dean of Student Services for the University of Chicago.

She was always a bright student, skipping the second grade, taking gifted classes, and attending a magnet high school school, of which she graduated from as her class salutatorian.

http://www.biography.com/people/michelle-obama-307592#gifted-student


Her Family.

After meeting Barack Obama at a law firm in Chicago, she married him in 1992 and become the mother to two daughters, Sasha and Malia, years later. The now young woman, Malia, was at her father’s, the POTUS, Farewell Address and she was brought to tears by the words spoken by her father about her mother with the amount of love he shares for his wife, her mother. That can only show how deep of love, admiration, and respect her daughter has for her mother, the First Lady of the United States.

Fashion Icon.

Michelle not only subtly shows off her killer arms in her beautiful dresses, but from the campaign trail to over 8 years later, she is looked at as a stunning woman who women of all ages admire. Her style can be compared to the remarkable Jackie Kennedy’s in the way she presents herself to the public as if her dresses create a confidence suit women dream of.

Times she shut it down.

At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, she was able to speak strong words for the sake of the United States to combat against the angst towards the Republican Party Presidential Candidate.

“When they go low, we go high.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_hCThhzWU

In her final speech as First Lady, she shared her love for the country and strength. She has made changes for such a greater good around the world. Her efforts in education and childhood health show all women how a woman can have a strong voice and create change.

“Know that this country belongs to you, to all of you from every background and walk of life.” Furthermore, “With a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible…that’s what the American dream is all about.” “Our diversity is not a threat to who we are; it makes us who we are.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoTTBq2OhjM

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As her husband said of America’s FLOTUS at his farewell address, she “made the White House a place that belongs to everybody.” Through her “grace, grit, style, and good humor” she is a role model to so many of the younger generation.

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