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Michelle Obama
One happy shiny morning in the South Side of Chicago, Illionis a little dark-skinned girl was born to Fraser Robinson III and Marian Shields.That girl was Michelle Obama. Do you anything about Michelle Obama? Did you know that she became the first African-American First Lady of the United States? That little girl is today one of the most well-known woman on the planet, and also one of the most inspiring people in the world.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama was born Januray 17, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Marian Robinson, was a full-time homeworker until Michelle entered high school. She grew up along with her older brother, Craig, in a two-story house on Euclid Street in the South Shore of Chicago. The Robinsons entertained themselves by playing Monopoly and by reading. Michelle and Craig both skipped the second grade, and by the sixth grade, she joined a gifted class at Bryn Mawr Elementary School. Michelle attended Chicago's first magnet school, Whitney Young High School, where she was on the honor roll for four years. She was inspired by her brother going to Princeton University, so she followed in his footsteps and graduated in 1985. Michelle Obama went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1988.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. After finishing school, she met her future husband at the law firm Sidley Austin where she worked. After getting married in 1992, Michelle Obama had two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha who were born in 1998 and 2001. During the 2008 presidential election, she was one of the people who delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
I think Michelle Obama would say that she is inspiring to all the young people of the world and is inspired by how they follow her advice and her path through life and through school. Michelle Obama predicts that by

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