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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="ميشيل أوباما – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميشيل أوباما" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिशेल ओबामा – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="मिशेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C5%9Fel_Obama" title="Mişel Obama – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mişel Obama" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="میشل اوباما – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="میشل اوباما" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE" title="মিশেল ওবামা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মিশেল ওবামা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мішэль Абама – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мішэль Абама" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%88%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мішэль Абама – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мішэль Абама" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мишел Обама – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мишел Обама" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obamov%C3%A1" title="Michelle Obamová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Michelle Obamová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिसेल ओबामा – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="मिसेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%BB_%CE%9F%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Μισέλ Ομπάμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μισέλ Ομπάμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="میشل اوباما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میشل اوباما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%85%B8_%EC%98%A4%EB%B0%94%EB%A7%88" title="미셸 오바마 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미셸 오바마" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D5%95%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1" title="Միշել Օբամա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միշել Օբամա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिशेल ओबामा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मिशेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%94" title="מישל אובמה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מישל אובמה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%92%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE" title="ಮಿಚೆಲ್ ಒಬಾಮ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮಿಚೆಲ್ ಒಬಾಮ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="მიშელ ობამა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მიშელ ობამა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мишель Обама – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мишель Обама" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мишель Обама – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Мишель Обама" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaela_Obama" title="Michaela Obama – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Michaela Obama" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C5%A1ela_Obama" title="Mišela Obama – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mišela Obama" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिसेल ओबामा – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मिसेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мишел Обама – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мишел Обама" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE" title="മിഷേൽ ഒബാമ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മിഷേൽ ഒബാമ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिशेल ओबामा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मिशेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" title="ميشيل اوباما – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ميشيل اوباما" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Мишель Обама – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мишель Обама" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%B2%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="မီရှဲလ် အိုဘားမား – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မီရှဲလ် အိုဘားမား" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="मिसेल ओबामा – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मिसेल ओबामा" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%9E" title="ミシェル・オバマ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミシェル・オバマ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%B6%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%B2_%E0%AC%93%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%BE" title="ମିଶେଲ ଓବାମା – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ମିଶେଲ ଓବାମା" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE" title="ਮਿਸ਼ੇਲ ਓਬਾਮਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਿਸ਼ੇਲ ਓਬਾਮਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%81" title="مشل اوبامہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مشل اوبامہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Michelle Obama" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro 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title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady of the United States</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In role</b></span><br />January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump">Melania Trump</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Michelle LaVaughn Robinson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-01-17</span>) </span>January 17, 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 60)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malia_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="Malia Obama">Malia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasha_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasha Obama">Sasha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama#Fraser_C._Robinson_III_(1935–1991)" title="Family of Barack Obama">Fraser Robinson III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Shields_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Marian Shields Robinson">Marian Shields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="217" data-mwtitle="Michelle_Obama_voice.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/Michelle_Obama_voice.ogg/Michelle_Obama_voice.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Michelle_Obama_voice.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Obama on the <a href="/wiki/Soweto_uprising" title="Soweto uprising">Soweto uprising</a> and female leadership in Africa<br />Recorded June 23, 2011</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> <b>Robinson</b>; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">first lady of the United States</a> from 2009 to 2017, being married to <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, the 44th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>. </p><p>Raised on the <a href="/wiki/South_Side_of_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="South Side of Chicago">South Side of Chicago</a>, Obama is a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm <a href="/wiki/Sidley_Austin" title="Sidley Austin">Sidley Austin</a> where she met her future husband. She subsequently worked in nonprofits and as the associate dean of Student Services at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a>. Later, she served as vice president for community and external affairs of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Medical_Center" title="University of Chicago Medical Center">University of Chicago Medical Center</a>. Michelle married Barack in 1992, and they have two daughters. </p><p>Obama campaigned for her husband's <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign">2012</a> presidential campaigns. She was the first African-American woman to serve as first lady. As first lady, Obama worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. She has written three books including her <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list"><i>The New York Times</i> best selling</a> memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> (2018) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry</a></i> (2022). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_education">Family and education</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama#Michelle_Obama's_extended_family" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family of Barack Obama § Michelle Obama's extended family</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_ancestry">Early life and ancestry</h3></div> <p>Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III (1935–1991),<sup id="cite_ref-TFToMOtFL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TFToMOtFL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a city water plant employee and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Precinct_captain" title="Precinct captain">precinct captain</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marian_Shields_Robinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Marian Shields Robinson">Marian Shields Robinson</a> (1937–2024), a secretary at <a href="/wiki/Spiegel_(catalog)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiegel (catalog)">Spiegel's catalog store</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her mother was a full-time homemaker until Michelle entered high school.<sup id="cite_ref-PAW2009_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAW2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Robinson and Shields families trace their roots to pre-<a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> African Americans in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">American South</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TFToMOtFL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TFToMOtFL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On her father's side, she is descended from the <a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah</a> people of South Carolina's <a href="/wiki/Lowcountry" class="mw-redirect" title="Lowcountry">Lowcountry</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her paternal great-great-grandfather, Jim Robinson, was born into <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery</a> in 1850 on <a href="/wiki/Friendfield_Plantation" title="Friendfield Plantation">Friendfield Plantation</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown, South Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-soil_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cabin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cabin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a <a href="/wiki/Freedman" title="Freedman">freedman</a> at age 15 after the war. Some of Obama's paternal family still reside in the Georgetown area.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her grandfather, Fraser Robinson Jr., built his own house in South Carolina. He and his wife LaVaughn (née Johnson) returned to the Lowcountry from Chicago after retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-soil_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soil-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among her maternal ancestors was her great-great-great-grandmother, Melvinia Dosey Shields,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> born into slavery in South Carolina but sold to Henry Walls Shields, who had a 200-acre farm in <a href="/wiki/Clayton_County,_Georgia" title="Clayton County, Georgia">Clayton County, Georgia</a>, near Atlanta. Melvinia's first son, Adolphus T. Shields, was biracial and born into slavery around 1860. Based on DNA and other evidence, in 2012, researchers said his father was likely 20-year-old Charles Marion Shields, son of Melvinia's master. They may have had a continuing relationship, as she had two more mixed-race children and lived near Shields after emancipation, taking his surname (she later changed her surname).<sup id="cite_ref-swarns_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swarns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As was often the case, Melvinia did not talk to relatives about Dolphus's father.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-maternal_ancestry_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-maternal_ancestry-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dolphus Shields, with his wife Alice, moved to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, after the Civil War. They were great-great-grandparents of Robinson, whose grandparents had moved to Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT-maternal_ancestry_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-maternal_ancestry-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other of their children's lines migrated to <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-swarns_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swarns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All four of Robinson's grandparents had multiracial ancestors, reflecting the complex history of the United States. Her extended family has said that people did not talk about the era of slavery when they were growing up.<sup id="cite_ref-swarns_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swarns-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her distant ancestry includes Irish, English, and Native American roots.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among her contemporary extended family is <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">Rabbi</a> <a href="/wiki/Capers_Funnye" title="Capers Funnye">Capers Funnye</a>, her first cousin once removed born in Georgetown, South Carolina. Funnye is the son of her paternal grandfather's sister and her husband, and he is about 12 years older than Michelle. He converted to Judaism after college.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT090402_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT090402-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fwd_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fwd-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson's childhood home was on the upper floor of 7436 South Euclid Avenue in Chicago's <a href="/wiki/South_Shore,_Chicago" title="South Shore, Chicago">South Shore</a> <a href="/wiki/Community_areas_of_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="Community areas of Chicago">community area</a>, which her parents rented from her great-aunt, who had the first floor.<sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WaPo2009-02-01_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo2009-02-01-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NY052404_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NY052404-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOAL_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOAL-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was raised in what she describes as a "conventional" home, with "the mother at home, the father works, you have dinner around the table".<sup id="cite_ref-FLIW_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLIW-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her elementary school was down the street. She and her family enjoyed playing games such as <a href="/wiki/Monopoly_(board_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Monopoly (board game)">Monopoly</a>, reading, and frequently saw extended family on both sides.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSS_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSS-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She played piano,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> learning from her great-aunt, who was a piano teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Robinsons attended services at nearby South Shore United Methodist Church.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo2009-02-01_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo2009-02-01-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They used to vacation in a rustic cabin in <a href="/wiki/White_Cloud,_Michigan" title="White Cloud, Michigan">White Cloud, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WaPo2009-02-01_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaPo2009-02-01-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She and her 21-month-older brother, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig</a>, skipped the second grade.<sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson's father suffered from <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>, which had a profound effect on her. Subsequently, she was determined to stay out of trouble and perform well in school.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By sixth grade, Michelle joined a gifted class at Bryn Mawr Elementary School (later renamed Bouchet Academy).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended <a href="/wiki/Whitney_M._Young_Magnet_High_School" title="Whitney M. Young Magnet High School">Whitney Young High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-West_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago's first <a href="/wiki/Magnet_high_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnet high school">magnet high school</a>, established as a selective enrollment school, where she was a classmate of <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a>'s daughter <a href="/wiki/Santita_Jackson" title="Santita Jackson">Santita</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSS_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSS-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The round-trip commute from the Robinsons' South Side home to the <a href="/wiki/Near_West_Side,_Chicago" title="Near West Side, Chicago">Near West Side</a>, where the school was located, took three hours.<sup id="cite_ref-tn_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michelle recalled being fearful of how others would perceive her, but disregarded any negativity around her and used it "to fuel me, to keep me going".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She recalled facing <a href="/wiki/Gender_discrimination" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender discrimination">gender discrimination</a> growing up, saying, for example, that rather than asking her for her opinion on a given subject, people commonly tended to ask what her older brother thought.<sup id="cite_ref-2015CNN_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015CNN-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was on the honor roll for four years, took <a href="/wiki/Advanced_placement" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced placement">advanced placement</a> classes, was a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Honor_Society" title="National Honor Society">National Honor Society</a>, and served as <a href="/wiki/Student_council" title="Student council">student council</a> treasurer.<sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated in 1981 as the <a href="/wiki/Salutatorian" title="Salutatorian">salutatorian</a> of her class.<sup id="cite_ref-tn_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_early_career">Education and early career</h3></div> <p>Robinson was inspired to follow her brother to <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, which she entered in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-boston-globe-2008_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston-globe-2008-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PAW2009_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAW2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She <a href="/wiki/Academic_major" title="Academic major">majored</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Academic_minor" title="Academic minor">minored</a> in <a href="/wiki/African-American_studies" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American studies">African-American studies</a>, graduating <i><a href="/wiki/Latin_honors" title="Latin honors">cum laude</a></i> with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 after completing a 99-page senior thesis titled <i>Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community</i> under the supervision of Walter Wallace.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson recalls that some of her teachers in high school tried to dissuade her from applying, and that she had been warned against "setting my sights too high".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She believed her brother's status as a student in good standing (he graduated in 1983) might have helped her during the admission process,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but she was resolved to demonstrate her own worth.<sup id="cite_ref-Bond41_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bond41-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has said she was overwhelmed during her first year, attributing this to the fact that neither of her parents had graduated from college,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that she had never spent time on a college campus.<sup id="cite_ref-TIME2015_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIME2015-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mother of a white roommate reportedly tried to get her daughter reassigned because of Michelle's race.<sup id="cite_ref-boston-globe-2008_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston-globe-2008-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson said being at Princeton was the first time she became more aware of her ethnicity and, despite the willingness of her classmates and teachers to reach out to her, she still felt "like a visitor on campus".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were also issues of economic class. "I remember being shocked," she says, "by college students who drove <a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMWs</a>. I didn't even know parents who drove BMWs."<sup id="cite_ref-tn_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While at Princeton, Robinson became involved with the Third World Center (now known as the Carl A. Fields Center), an academic and cultural group who supported minority students. She ran their daycare center, which also offered after-school tutoring for older children.<sup id="cite_ref-Biography_Today_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biography_Today-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She challenged the teaching methodology for French because she felt it should be more conversational.<sup id="cite_ref-FWtWMO_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWtWMO-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of her requirements for graduation, she wrote a sociology thesis, entitled <i>Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-thesis_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thesis-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She researched her thesis by sending a questionnaire to African-American graduates, asking that they specify when and how comfortable they were with their race prior to their enrollment at Princeton and how they felt about it when they were a student and since then. Of the 400 alumni to whom she sent the survey, fewer than 90 responded. Her findings did not support her hope that the black alumni would still identify with the African-American community, even though they had attended an elite university and had the advantages that accrue to its graduates.<sup id="cite_ref-Bond44_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bond44-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson pursued professional study, earning her <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> (J.D.) degree from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Princetonian_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Princetonian-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time she applied for Harvard Law, biographer Bond wrote, her confidence had increased: "This time around, there was no doubt in her mind that she had earned her place".<sup id="cite_ref-Bond44_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bond44-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her faculty mentor at Harvard Law was <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ogletree" title="Charles Ogletree">Charles Ogletree</a>, who has said she had answered the question that had plagued her throughout Princeton by the time she arrived at Harvard Law: whether she would remain the product of her parents or keep the identity she had acquired at Princeton; she had concluded she could be "both brilliant and black".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Harvard, Robinson participated in demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who were members of minority groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Newsweek20080225_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsweek20080225-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She worked for the <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Legal_Aid_Bureau" title="Harvard Legal Aid Bureau">Harvard Legal Aid Bureau</a>, assisting low-income tenants with housing cases.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the third first lady with a <a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">postgraduate degree</a>, after her two immediate predecessors, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VLiCBTO_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VLiCBTO-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later said her education gave her opportunities beyond what she had ever imagined.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_life">Family life</h3></div> <p>Michelle's mother, Marian Robinson, was a stay-at-home mother.<sup id="cite_ref-Michelle_Obama_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michelle_Obama-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father was Fraser C. Robinson III, who worked at the city's water purification plant.<sup id="cite_ref-Michelle_Obama_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michelle_Obama-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson's father, <a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama#Fraser_C._Robinson_III_(1935–1991)" title="Family of Barack Obama">Fraser</a>, died from complications from his illness in March 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She would later say that although he was the "hole in my heart" and "loss in my scar", the memory of her father has motivated her each day since.<sup id="cite_ref-TIME2015_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIME2015-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her friend Suzanne Alele died from cancer around this time as well. These losses made her think of her contributions toward society and how well she was influencing the world from her law firm in her first job after law school. She considered this a turning point.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson met <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> when they were among the few African Americans at their law firm, <a href="/wiki/Sidley_Austin" title="Sidley Austin">Sidley Austin</a> LLP (she has sometimes said <i>only</i> two, although others have noted that there were others in different departments).<sup id="cite_ref-WMMB_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMMB-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was assigned to mentor him while he was a <a href="/wiki/Summer_associate" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer associate">summer associate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MOCT_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOCT-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a <a href="/wiki/Community_organization" title="Community organization">community organization</a> meeting where he first impressed her.<sup id="cite_ref-MOHSMOMF_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOHSMOMF-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before meeting Obama, Michelle had told her mother she intended to focus solely on her career.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple's first date was to <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a>'s movie <i><a href="/wiki/Do_the_Right_Thing" title="Do the Right Thing">Do the Right Thing</a></i> (1989).<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barack Obama has said the couple had an "opposites attract" scenario in their initial interest in each other since Michelle had stability from her two-parent home while he was "adventurous".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married on October 3, 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-MOHSMOMF_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOHSMOMF-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After suffering a miscarriage, Michelle underwent <a href="/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation" title="In vitro fertilisation">in vitro fertilisation</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to conceive their daughters Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001).<sup id="cite_ref-Newsweek2007_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsweek2007-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ObamaHouseChicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/ObamaHouseChicago.jpg/220px-ObamaHouseChicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/ObamaHouseChicago.jpg/330px-ObamaHouseChicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/ObamaHouseChicago.jpg/440px-ObamaHouseChicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5591" data-file-height="3849" /></a><figcaption>The Obama family home in Chicago</figcaption></figure> <p>The Obama family lived on Chicago's South Side, where Barack taught at the University of Chicago Law School. He was elected to the state senate in 1996 and to the U.S. Senate in 2004. They chose to keep their residence in Chicago after Barack's election rather than to move to Washington, DC, as they felt it was better for their daughters. Throughout her husband's <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 campaign for U.S. president</a>, Obama made a "commitment to be away overnight only once a week – to campaign only two days a week and be home by the end of the second day" for their two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-PasadenaWeekly_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PasadenaWeekly-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg/220px-Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg/330px-Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg/440px-Barack_Obama_family_portrait_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Official portrait by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Souza" title="Pete Souza">Pete Souza</a> of the Obama family in the <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office" title="Oval Office">Oval Office</a>, December 11, 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>She once requested that her then-fiancé meet her prospective boss, <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett" title="Valerie Jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a>, when considering her first career move;<sup id="cite_ref-FLIW_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLIW-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jarrett became one of her husband's closest advisors.<sup id="cite_ref-MOIGaLM_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOIGaLM-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOSHR_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSHR-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marital relationship has had its ebbs and flows; the combination of an evolving family life and beginning political career led to many arguments about balancing work and family. Barack Obama wrote in his second book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope:_Thoughts_on_Reclaiming_the_American_Dream" class="mw-redirect" title="The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream">The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream</a></i>, that "Tired and stressed, we had little time for conversation, much less romance."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite their family obligations and careers, they continued to try to schedule "date nights" while they lived in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Obamas' daughters attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Laboratory_Schools" title="University of Chicago Laboratory Schools">University of Chicago Laboratory Schools</a>, a private school.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a member of the school's board, Michelle fought to maintain diversity in the school when other board members connected with the University of Chicago tried to reserve more slots for children of the university faculty. This resulted in a plan to expand the school to increase enrollment.<sup id="cite_ref-PAW2009_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PAW2009-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Washington, DC, Malia and Sasha attended <a href="/wiki/Sidwell_Friends_School" title="Sidwell Friends School">Sidwell Friends School</a>, after also considering <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Day_School" title="Georgetown Day School">Georgetown Day School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sidwell_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sidwell-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JOMF_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JOMF-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, Michelle said in an interview on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show" title="The Ellen DeGeneres Show">The Ellen DeGeneres Show</a></i> that they did not intend to have any more children.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Obamas received advice from past first ladies <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> about raising children in the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JOMF_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JOMF-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Marian_Robinson" title="Marian Robinson">Marian Robinson</a>, Michelle's mother, moved in to the White House to assist with child care.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSWW_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSWW-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg/220px-Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg/330px-Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg/440px-Obamas_at_church_on_Inauguration_Day_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4040" data-file-height="2675" /></a><figcaption>The Obamas attend a church service in Washington, D.C., January 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Obama was raised <a href="/wiki/United_Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="United Methodist">United Methodist</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_United_Church_of_Christ" title="Trinity United Church of Christ">Trinity United Church of Christ</a>, a mostly black congregation of the <a href="/wiki/Reformed_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed tradition">Reformed</a> denomination known as the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>. She and Barack Obama were married there by Rev. <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright" title="Jeremiah Wright">Jeremiah Wright</a>. On May 31, 2008, Barack and Michelle Obama announced that they had withdrawn their membership in 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."<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Obama family attended several different Protestant churches after moving to Washington D.C. in 2009, including <a href="/wiki/Shiloh_Baptist_Church_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Shiloh Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)">Shiloh Baptist Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church,_Lafayette_Square_(Washington,_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square (Washington, D.C.)">St. John's Episcopal Church</a> on Lafayette Square, known as the Presidents' Church. At the 49th <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a>'s general conference, Michelle Obama encouraged the attendees to advocate for political awareness, saying, "To anyone who says that church is no place to talk about these issues, you tell them there is no place better – no place better, because ultimately, these are not just political issues – they are moral issues, they're issues that have to do with human dignity and human potential, and the future we want for our kids and our grandkids."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <p>Following law school, Obama became an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm <a href="/wiki/Sidley_%26_Austin" class="mw-redirect" title="Sidley & Austin">Sidley & Austin</a>, where she met her future husband Barack. At the firm, she worked on marketing and intellectual property law.<sup id="cite_ref-womanbehind_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-womanbehind-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She continues to hold her <a href="/wiki/Law_license" class="mw-redirect" title="Law license">law license</a>, but as she no longer needs it for her work, she has kept it on a voluntary inactive status since 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, she held <a href="/wiki/Public_sector" title="Public sector">public sector</a> positions in the Chicago city government as an assistant to the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Chicago" title="Mayor of Chicago">mayor</a> and as the assistant commissioner of planning and development. In 1993, she became executive director for the Chicago office of <a href="/wiki/Public_Allies" title="Public Allies">Public Allies</a>, a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-West_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She worked there nearly four years and set <a href="/wiki/Fundraising" title="Fundraising">fundraising</a> records for the organization that stood twelve years after she had left.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSS_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSS-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama later said she had never been happier in her life prior to working "to build Public Allies".<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, Obama served as the associate dean of student services at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a>, where she developed the university's Community Service Center.<sup id="cite_ref-UCChron96_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCChron96-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, first as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May 2005, as vice president for community and external affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-UChicago2005_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UChicago2005-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She continued to hold the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Chicago Hospitals">University of Chicago Hospitals</a> position during the primary campaign of 2008 but cut back to part-time in order to spend time with her daughters as well as work for her husband's election.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCNews20080124_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCNews20080124-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She subsequently took a leave of absence from her job.<sup id="cite_ref-blaze_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blaze-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the couple's 2006 <a href="/wiki/Tax_return_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax return (United States)">income tax return</a>, her salary was $273,618 from the University of Chicago Hospitals, while her husband had a salary of $157,082 from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. The Obamas' total income was $991,296, which included $51,200 that she earned as a member of the board of directors of <a href="/wiki/TreeHouse_Foods" title="TreeHouse Foods">TreeHouse Foods</a> and investments and royalties from his books.<sup id="cite_ref-MOChw_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOChw-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama served as a salaried board member of <a href="/wiki/TreeHouse_Foods" title="TreeHouse Foods">TreeHouse Foods</a>, Inc. (<a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:THS">THS</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-TreeHouse_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TreeHouse-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a major <a href="/wiki/Wal-Mart" class="mw-redirect" title="Wal-Mart">Wal-Mart</a> supplier from shortly after her husband was seated in the Senate until she cut ties shortly after her husband announced his candidacy for the presidency; he criticized Wal-Mart labor policies at an <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a> forum in <a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>, on May 14, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-SunTimesBlog200705_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SunTimesBlog200705-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also served on the board of directors of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Council_on_Global_Affairs" title="Chicago Council on Global Affairs">Chicago Council on Global Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChicagoCouncil_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChicagoCouncil-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the former first lady announced that she has been "moving toward retirement".<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though she continues to be active in political campaigns, the former first lady has said she is reducing the amount of work to spend more time with her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.com_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.com-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Barack_Obama_political_campaigns">Barack Obama political campaigns</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_campaigns">Early campaigns</h3></div> <p>During an interview in 1996, Michelle Obama acknowledged there was a "strong possibility" her husband would begin a political career, but said she was "wary" of the process. She knew it meant their lives would be subject to scrutiny and she was intensely private.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although she campaigned on her husband's behalf since early in his political career by handshaking and fund-raising, she did not relish the activity at first. When she campaigned during <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_career_of_Barack_Obama#Campaign_for_Bobby_Rush's_congressional_seat" title="Illinois Senate career of Barack Obama">her husband's 2000 run</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, her boss at the University of Chicago asked if there was any single thing about campaigning that she enjoyed; after some thought, she replied that visiting so many living rooms had given her some new <a href="/wiki/Interior_decoration" class="mw-redirect" title="Interior decoration">decorating</a> ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0825_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0825-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama opposed her husband's run for the congressional seat, and, after his defeat, she preferred he tend to the financial needs of the family in what she deemed a more practical way.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_presidential_campaign">2008 presidential campaign</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_Obama_and_Barack_Obama_enjoy_a_victory_fist_pound_upon_winning_the_Democratic_Nomination.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Michelle_Obama_and_Barack_Obama_enjoy_a_victory_fist_pound_upon_winning_the_Democratic_Nomination.jpg/220px-Michelle_Obama_and_Barack_Obama_enjoy_a_victory_fist_pound_upon_winning_the_Democratic_Nomination.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Michelle_Obama_and_Barack_Obama_enjoy_a_victory_fist_pound_upon_winning_the_Democratic_Nomination.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="215" /></a><figcaption>The Obamas <a href="/wiki/Fist_bump" title="Fist bump">fist bump</a> upon his winning the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">Democratic nomination</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At first, Obama had reservations about her husband's presidential campaign, due to fears about a possible negative effect on their daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-MONYT_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MONYT-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She says that she negotiated an agreement in which her husband was to quit smoking in exchange for her support of his decision to run.<sup id="cite_ref-MOoCF_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOoCF-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About her role in her husband's presidential campaign, she has said: "My job is not a senior adviser".<sup id="cite_ref-MOIGaLM_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOIGaLM-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOpuric_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOpuric-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the campaign, she discussed race and education by using motherhood as a framework.<sup id="cite_ref-FWtWMO_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FWtWMO-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2007, three months after her husband declared his presidential candidacy, Obama reduced her professional responsibilities by 80 percent to support his presidential campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-FLIW_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLIW-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in the campaign, she had limited involvement, traveling to political events only two days a week and rarely traveling overnight;<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by early February 2008, her participation had increased significantly. She attended thirty-three events in eight days.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSHR_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSHR-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made several campaign appearances with <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wrote her own <a href="/wiki/Stump_speech_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stump speech (politics)">stump speeches</a> for her husband's presidential campaign and generally spoke without notes.<sup id="cite_ref-tn_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the campaign, columnist <a href="/wiki/Cal_Thomas" title="Cal Thomas">Cal Thomas</a> on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> described Michelle Obama as an "<a href="/wiki/Angry_Black_Woman" class="mw-redirect" title="Angry Black Woman">Angry Black Woman</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-AAMOLfaNI_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAMOLfaNI-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some websites attempted to promote this image.<sup id="cite_ref-MUM_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MUM-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama said: "Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along the way. When you're out campaigning, there will always be criticism. I just take it in stride, and at the end of the day, I know that it comes with the territory."<sup id="cite_ref-WatsonCovarrubias2012_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WatsonCovarrubias2012-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic National Convention</a> in August, media outlets observed that her presence on the campaign trail had grown softer than at the start of the race, focusing on soliciting concerns and empathizing with the audience rather than throwing down challenges to them, and giving interviews to shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The View (U.S. TV series)">The View</a></i> and publications like <i><a href="/wiki/Ladies%27_Home_Journal" title="Ladies' Home Journal">Ladies' Home Journal</a></i> rather than appearing on news programs. The change was reflected in her fashion choices, as she wore clothes that were more informal clothes than her earlier designer pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0825_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0825-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Partly intended to help soften her public image,<sup id="cite_ref-AAMOLfaNI_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAMOLfaNI-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> her appearance on <i>The View</i> was widely covered in the press.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The presidential campaign was Obama's first exposure to the national political scene; she was considered the least famous of the candidates' spouses.<sup id="cite_ref-MOpuric_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOpuric-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in the campaign, she told anecdotes about Obama family life; however, as the press began to emphasize her sarcasm, she toned it down.<sup id="cite_ref-MOChw_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOChw-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOoCF_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOoCF-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>New York Times</i> <a href="/wiki/Editorial" title="Editorial">op-ed</a> columnist <a href="/wiki/Maureen_Dowd" title="Maureen Dowd">Maureen Dowd</a> wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I wince a bit when Michelle Obama chides her husband as a mere mortal – a comic routine that rests on the presumption that we see him as a god<span class="nowrap"> </span>... But it may not be smart politics to mock him in a way that turns him from the glam <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">JFK</a> into the mundane <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a>, toasting his own English muffin. If all Senator Obama is peddling is the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#"Camelot_Era"" title="John F. Kennedy">Camelot</a> mystique, why debunk this mystique?<sup id="cite_ref-MOpuric_94-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOpuric-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg/220px-Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg/330px-Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg/440px-Michelle_Obama_DNC_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3644" data-file-height="2313" /></a><figcaption>Obama speaks at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic convention</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the first night of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic National Convention</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig Robinson</a> introduced his younger sister.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She delivered her speech, during which she sought to portray herself and her family as the embodiment of the <a href="/wiki/American_Dream" title="American Dream">American Dream</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0826_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0826-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama said she and her husband believe "that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, and you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them."<sup id="cite_ref-NPR0826_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR0826-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also emphasized loving her country, likely responding to criticism for having said that she felt "proud of her country for the first time".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0826_107-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0826-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CST0826_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CST0826-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BG0826_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BG0826-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first statement was seen as a gaffe.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her keynote address was largely well-received and drew mostly positive reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Rasmussen_Reports" title="Rasmussen Reports">Rasmussen Reports</a> poll found that her favorability among Americans reached 55%, the highest for her.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On an October 6, 2008, broadcast, <a href="/wiki/Larry_King" title="Larry King">Larry King</a> asked Obama if the American electorate was past the <a href="/wiki/Bradley_effect" title="Bradley effect">Bradley effect</a>. She said her husband's winning the nomination was a fairly strong indicator that it was.<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same night she was interviewed by <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i>, where she deflected criticism of her husband and his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On Fox News' <i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Pulse" class="mw-redirect" title="America's Pulse">America's Pulse</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/E._D._Hill" title="E. D. Hill">E. D. Hill</a> referred to the <a href="/wiki/Fist_bump" title="Fist bump">fist bump</a> shared by the Obamas the night he clinched the <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_primary_campaign,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008">Democratic presidential nomination</a>, describing it as a "terrorist fist jab". Hill was taken off air, and the show was canceled.<sup id="cite_ref-FrtMOabm_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrtMOabm-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_presidential_re-election_campaign">2012 presidential re-election campaign</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg/220px-Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg/330px-Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg/440px-Obamas_and_Bidens_on_presidential_election_night_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Obama celebrates with <a href="/wiki/Jill_Biden" title="Jill Biden">Jill Biden</a> after their husbands win re-election.</figcaption></figure> <p>Obama campaigned for her husband's re-election in 2012. Beginning in 2011, Obama became more politically active than she had been since the 2008 election, though avoided discussions about the re-election bid.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time of the election cycle, she had developed a more open public image.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some commentators viewed her as the most popular member of the Obama administration,<sup id="cite_ref-2012POLITICO_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012POLITICO-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> noting that her poll approval numbers had not dropped below 60% since she entered the White House.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An Obama senior campaign official said she was "the most popular political figure in America".<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The positive assessment was reasoned to have contributed to her active role in the re-election campaign, but it was noted that the challenge for the Obama campaign was to use her without tarnishing her popularity. </p><p>Obama was considered a polarizing figure, having aroused both "sharp enmity and deep loyalty" from Americans, but she was also seen as having improved her image since 2008 when her husband first ran for the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-2012POLITICO_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2012POLITICO-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Isabel Wilkinson of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Beast" title="The Daily Beast">The Daily Beast</a></i> said Obama's fashion style changed over the course of the campaign to be sensitive and economical.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the first debate of the election cycle, Obama expressed confidence in her husband's debating skills.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later criticized for appearing detached and for looking down when addressing Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consensus among uncommitted voters was that the latter had won the debate.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Obama's speech at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">2012 Democratic National Convention</a>, the first lady was found through a CBS News/<i>New York Times</i> poll conducted in September to have a 61% favorably rating with registered voters, the highest percentage she had polled since April 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama aimed to humanize her husband by relating stories about him, attempting to appeal to female voters in swing states. Paul Harris of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> said the same tactic was being used by <a href="/wiki/Ann_Romney" title="Ann Romney">Ann Romney</a>, wife of 2012 Republican candidate <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>. Polls in October showed their husbands tied at 47% for the female vote. However, Michelle Obama's favorability ratings remained higher than Ann Romney's at 69% to 52%.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Obama's higher poll numbers, comparisons between Obama and Romney were repeatedly made by the media until the election.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But, as Michelle Cottle of <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> wrote, "...<span class="nowrap"> </span>nobody votes for first lady."<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Lady_of_the_United_States_(2009–2017)"><span id="First_Lady_of_the_United_States_.282009.E2.80.932017.29"></span>First Lady of the United States (2009–2017)</h2></div> <p>During her early months as First Lady, Obama visited <a href="/wiki/Homeless_shelter" title="Homeless shelter">homeless shelters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soup_kitchen" title="Soup kitchen">soup kitchens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MIFOTS_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIFOTS-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also sent representatives to schools and advocated public service.<sup id="cite_ref-MIFOTS_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIFOTS-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama advocated for her husband's policy priorities by promoting bills that support it. She hosted a White House reception for women's rights advocates in celebration of the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009" title="Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009">Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009</a> <a href="/wiki/Pay_equity" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay equity">Pay equity</a> law. She supported the economic stimulus bill in visits to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">United States Department of Housing and Urban Development</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" title="United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>. Some observers looked favorably upon her legislative activities, while others said she should be less involved in politics. According to her representatives, she intended to visit all <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">United States Cabinet</a>-level agencies in order to get acquainted with Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg/220px-US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg/330px-US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg/440px-US_Army_53373_First_Lady_Embarks_on_Mission_to_Help_Military_Families.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="399" /></a><figcaption>Obama and General Charles R. Davis smile to the crowd before speaking on her mission to help military families, October 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 5, 2009, the White House announced that Michelle Obama was replacing her then chief of staff, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Norris" title="Jackie Norris">Jackie Norris</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Susan_Sher" title="Susan Sher">Susan Sher</a>, a longtime friend and adviser. Norris became a senior adviser to the <a href="/wiki/Corporation_for_National_and_Community_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporation for National and Community Service">Corporation for National and Community Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another key aide, <a href="/wiki/Spelman_College" title="Spelman College">Spelman College</a> alumna Kristen Jarvis, served from 2008 until 2015, when she left to become chief of staff to the <a href="/wiki/Ford_Foundation" title="Ford Foundation">Ford Foundation</a> president <a href="/wiki/Darren_Walker" title="Darren Walker">Darren Walker</a>. </p><p>In 2009, Obama was named <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Walters" title="Barbara Walters">Barbara Walters</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Walters%27_10_Most_Fascinating_People" title="Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People">Most Fascinating Person</a> of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In her memoir, <i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i>, Obama describes her four primary initiatives as first lady: <a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Move!" title="Let's Move!">Let's Move!</a>, Reach Higher,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Let Girls Learn,<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Joining_Forces" title="Joining Forces">Joining Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some initiatives of First Lady Michelle Obama included advocating on behalf of military families, helping working women balance career and family, encouraging national service, and promoting the arts and arts education.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOMMFHM_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOMMFHM-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama made supporting military families and spouses a personal mission and increasingly bonded with military families. According to her aides, stories of the sacrifice these families make moved her to tears.<sup id="cite_ref-MOMMFHM_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOMMFHM-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2012, Obama and her husband were awarded the Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award by the <a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_for_Homeless_Veterans" title="National Coalition for Homeless Veterans">National Coalition for Homeless Veterans</a> (NCHV). The award is the highest honor given to homeless veteran advocates.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama was again honored with the award in May 2015, accepting with <a href="/wiki/Jill_Biden" title="Jill Biden">Jill Biden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg/220px-Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg/330px-Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg/440px-Michelle-obama-bringbackourgirls.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="682" /></a><figcaption>Obama holding a sign with the hashtag "#bringbackourgirls" in May 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2013, a <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> article by Michelle Cottle accusing Obama of being a "feminist nightmare" for not using her position and education to advocate for women's issues was sharply criticized across the political spectrum.<sup id="cite_ref-miccot2013_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miccot2013-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Harris-Perry_2013_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-Perry_2013-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-howkur2013_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howkur2013-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cottle quoted <a href="/wiki/Linda_Hirshman" title="Linda Hirshman">Linda Hirshman</a> saying of Obama's trendy styles, promotion of gardening and healthy eating, and support of military families that "She essentially became the English lady of the manor, Tory Party, circa 1830s."<sup id="cite_ref-miccot2013_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miccot2013-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A prominent critic of Cottle was <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> host <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Harris-Perry" title="Melissa Harris-Perry">Melissa Harris-Perry</a>, who rhetorically asked "Are you serious?"<sup id="cite_ref-Harris-Perry_2013_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harris-Perry_2013-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-howkur2013_148-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-howkur2013-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Supporters of Obama note that the first lady had been one of the only people in the administration to address <a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States" title="Obesity in the United States">obesity</a>, through promoting good eating habits, which is one of the leading U.S. public health crises.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, Obama joined the campaign to bring back school girls who had been <a href="/wiki/Chibok_schoolgirls_kidnapping" title="Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping">kidnapped in Nigeria</a>. The first lady tweeted a picture of herself holding a poster with the #bringbackourgirls campaign hashtag.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama writes in her book about enlisting help for her initiative Let Girls Learn to produce and sing the song "This is for My Girls".<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_(25709737510).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg/220px-La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg/330px-La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg/440px-La_primera_dama_Michelle_Obama_%2825709737510%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2014" data-file-height="1358" /></a><figcaption>Obama with members of the public in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>Over the course of the Obama presidency, particularly during the second term, Michelle Obama was subject to speculation over whether she would run for the presidency herself, similarly to predecessor Hillary Clinton.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A May 2015 Rasmussen poll found Obama had 22% of support to Clinton's 56% of winning the Democratic nomination, higher than that of potential candidates <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Warren" title="Elizabeth Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_O%27Malley" title="Martin O'Malley">Martin O'Malley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rasmussen_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another poll that month found that 71% of Americans believed Obama should not run for the presidency, only 14% approving.<sup id="cite_ref-Rasmussen_154-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rasmussen-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 14, 2016, during a town-hall meeting, President Obama was asked if the first lady could be talked into running. He responded, "There are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes, and Michelle is not running for president. That I can tell you."<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 16, 2016, while speaking in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, Obama denied that she would ever run for the office, citing a desire to "impact as many people as possible in an unbiased way".<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the epilogue to <i>Becoming</i>, Obama writes, "I have no intention of running for office, ever,"<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> recognizing that "politics can be a means for positive change, but this arena is just not for me."<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Let's_Move!"><span id="Let.27s_Move.21"></span>Let's Move!</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Move!" title="Let's Move!">Let's Move!</a></div> <p>Obama's predecessors Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush supported the <a href="/wiki/Organic_movement" title="Organic movement">organic movement</a> by instructing the White House kitchens to buy <a href="/wiki/Organic_food" title="Organic food">organic food</a>. Obama extended their support of healthy eating by planting the <a href="/wiki/White_House_Kitchen_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="White House Kitchen Garden">White House Kitchen Garden</a>, an organic garden, the first White House vegetable garden since <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a> served as First Lady. She also had bee hives installed on the South Lawn of the White House. The garden supplied organic produce and honey for the meals of the First Family and for state dinners and other official gatherings.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-garden_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garden-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AaYoLtFLSOaL_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AaYoLtFLSOaL-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg/220px-Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg/330px-Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg/440px-Obama-DeGeneres-dance-20120201.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Obama and <a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> dance on the second anniversary of <i>Let's Move!</i></figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2010, Obama undertook her first lead role in an administration-wide initiative, which she named "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Move!" title="Let's Move!">Let's Move!</a>", to make progress in reversing the 21st-century trend of <a href="/wiki/Childhood_obesity" title="Childhood obesity">childhood obesity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AaYoLtFLSOaL_162-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AaYoLtFLSOaL-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 9, 2010, the first lady announced Let's Move! and President Barack Obama created the <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_on_Childhood_Obesity" title="Task Force on Childhood Obesity">Task Force on Childhood Obesity</a> to review all current programs and create a national plan for change.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michelle Obama said her goal was to make this effort her legacy: "I want to leave something behind that we can say, 'Because of this time that this person spent here, this thing has changed.' And my hope is that that's going to be in the area of childhood obesity."<sup id="cite_ref-AaYoLtFLSOaL_162-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AaYoLtFLSOaL-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her 2012 book <i><a href="/wiki/American_Grown:_The_Story_of_the_White_House_Kitchen_Garden_and_Gardens_Across_America" class="mw-redirect" title="American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America">American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America</a></i> is based on her experiences with the garden and promotes healthy eating.<sup id="cite_ref-Benac_166-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benac-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her call for action on healthy eating was repeated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a>, which has been facing an ever-expanding problem of obesity among recruits.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several Republicans have critiqued or lampooned Obama's initiative. In October 2014, senator <a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Rand Paul</a> linked to Michelle Obama's Twitter account when announcing on the website that he was going to <a href="/wiki/Dunkin%27_Donuts" title="Dunkin' Donuts">Dunkin' Donuts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Christie" title="Chris Christie">Chris Christie</a>, Republican <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Governor of New Jersey">governor of New Jersey</a> and presidential candidate, criticized the first lady's involvement with healthy eating while he was campaigning in <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a>, arguing that she was using the government to exercise her views on eating.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama had previously cited Christie as an example of an adult who struggled with obesity, a demographic that she sought to diminish by targeting children since <i>Let's Move!</i> was "working with kids when they're young, so that they don't have these direct challenges when they get older."<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February, Senator <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> said that he would end Obama's health policies and return <a href="/wiki/French_fries" title="French fries">french fries</a> to school cafeterias if his wife were first lady.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h3></div> <p>In the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Obama boasted to gay Democratic groups of her husband's record on LGBT rights: his support of the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois gender violence act, the <a href="/wiki/Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act" title="Employment Non-Discrimination Act">Employment Non-Discrimination Act</a>, repealing the "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010">Don't Ask Don't Tell</a>" policy, and full repeal of the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil unions">civil unions</a>; along with hate crimes protection for sexual orientation and gender identity and renewed effort to fight <a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS" title="HIV/AIDS">HIV and AIDS</a>. They have both opposed amendments proposed to ban same-sex marriage in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">federal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 8">California</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2008_Florida_Amendment_2" title="2008 Florida Amendment 2">Florida</a> constitutions. She said that the U.S. Supreme Court delivered justice in the <i><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas" title="Lawrence v. Texas">Lawrence v. Texas</a></i> case, and she drew a connection between the struggles for gay rights and civil rights by saying, "We are all only here because of those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall, in the pursuit of a more perfect union."<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the repeal of <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask_Don%27t_Tell" class="mw-redirect" title="Don't Ask Don't Tell">Don't Ask Don't Tell</a> on September 20, 2011, Obama included openly gay service members in her national military families initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 9, 2012, Barack and Michelle Obama came out publicly in favor of same-sex marriage. Prior to this, Michelle Obama had never publicly stated her position on this issue. Senior White House officials said Michelle Obama and Senior Adviser <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett" title="Valerie Jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a> had been the two most consistent advocates for same-sex marriage in Barack Obama's life.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Michelle said: </p> <blockquote><p>This is an important issue for millions of <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">Americans</a>, and for Barack and me, it really comes down to the values of fairness and equality we want to pass down to our girls. These are basic values that kids learn at a very young age and that we encourage them to apply in all areas of their lives. And in a country where we teach our children that everyone is equal under the law, discriminating against same-sex couples just isn't right. It's as simple as that.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">2012 DNC</a>, Michelle said, "Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it<span class="nowrap"> </span>... and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love."<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_travels">Domestic travels</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg/170px-Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg/255px-Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg/340px-Obama_heads_to_Selma_for_50th_anniversary_speech_150307-F-WU507-020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3374" data-file-height="3886" /></a><figcaption>Malia and Sasha Obama prepare to enter <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>, Michelle Obama and President Obama behind them, on March 7, 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 2009, Obama delivered the commencement speech at a graduating ceremony at <a href="/wiki/UC_Merced" class="mw-redirect" title="UC Merced">UC Merced</a> in <a href="/wiki/Merced_County,_California" title="Merced County, California">Merced County, California</a>, the address being praised afterward by students who found her relatable. Kevin Fagan of the <i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a></i> wrote that there was chemistry between Obama and the students.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2013, Obama attended the 50th anniversary ceremony for the <a href="/wiki/March_on_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="March on Washington">March on Washington</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a>. Positive attention was brought to Obama's attire, a black sleeveless dress with red flowers, designed by <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Reese" title="Tracy Reese">Tracy Reese</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reese reacted by releasing a public statement that she was honored the first lady "would choose to wear one of our designs during the celebration of such a deeply significant historical moment".<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015, Obama traveled to <a href="/wiki/Selma,_Alabama" title="Selma, Alabama">Selma, Alabama</a>, with her family to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches" title="Selma to Montgomery marches">Selma to Montgomery marches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After President Obama's remarks there, the Obamas joined original marchers, including <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a>, in crossing the <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Pettus_Bridge" title="Edmund Pettus Bridge">Edmund Pettus Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, Obama journeyed to <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley" title="Coachella Valley">Coachella Valley</a> while coming to Los Angeles for that year's Special Olympics World Games.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2015, Obama was joined by Jill Biden and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Harry" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Harry">Prince Harry</a> in visiting a military base in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Belvoir,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Belvoir, Virginia">Fort Belvoir, Virginia</a>, in an attempt on the prince's part to raise awareness to programs supporting harmed service members.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2015, Obama traveled with her husband to <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino, California</a>, to meet with families of the victims of <a href="/wiki/2015_San_Bernardino_attack" title="2015 San Bernardino attack">a terrorist attack</a> that occurred two weeks earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_trips">Foreign trips</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum,_Delhi,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg/220px-Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg/330px-Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg/440px-Michelle_Obama_at_National_Craft_Museum%2C_Delhi%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" /></a><figcaption>Obama with children in Delhi, November 8, 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 1, 2009, Obama met with Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>. Obama embraced her before attending an event with world leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama praised her, though the hug generated controversy for being out of protocol when greeting Elizabeth.<sup id="cite_ref-192" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2010, Obama traveled to Mexico, her first solo visit to a nation.<sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Mexico, Obama spoke to students, encouraging them to take responsibility for their futures.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Referring to the underprivileged children, Obama argued that "potential can be found in some of the most unlikely places," citing herself and her husband as examples.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama traveled to Africa for the second official trip in June 2011, touring <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> and meeting with <a href="/wiki/Gra%C3%A7a_Machel" title="Graça Machel">Graça Machel</a>. Obama was also involved with community events in the foreign countries.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was commented by White House staff that her trip to Africa would advance the foreign policy of her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2014, Obama visited China along with her two daughters Malia and Sasha, and her mother Marian Robinson. She met with <a href="/wiki/Peng_Liyuan" title="Peng Liyuan">Peng Liyuan</a>, the wife of Chinese president <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>, visited historic and cultural sites, as well as a university and two high schools.<sup id="cite_ref-MichelleChinaVisit_202-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MichelleChinaVisit-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deputy National Security Adviser <a href="/wiki/Ben_Rhodes_(White_House_staffer)" title="Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)">Ben Rhodes</a> said the visit and intent in Obama journeying there was to symbolize "the relationship between the United States and China is not just between leaders, it's a relationship between peoples."<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2015, Obama traveled to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> alongside her husband, following the death of <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Abdullah of Saudi Arabia">King Abdullah</a>. She received criticism for not covering her head in a nation where women are forbidden from publicly not doing so,<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though Obama was defended for being a foreigner and thus not having to submit to Saudi Arabia's customs,<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> even being praised in some corners.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama was neither greeted nor acknowledged by <a href="/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Salman of Saudi Arabia">King Salman</a> during the encounter.<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_and_First_Lady_Obama,_With_Saudi_King_Salman,_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/220px-President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/330px-President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg/440px-President_and_First_Lady_Obama%2C_With_Saudi_King_Salman%2C_Shake_Hands_With_Members_of_the_Saudi_Royal_Family.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2768" data-file-height="1841" /></a><figcaption>Michelle and Barack Obama with <a href="/wiki/King_Salman" class="mw-redirect" title="King Salman">King Salman</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and members of the Saudi royal family, January 27, 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 2015, Obama undertook a weeklong trip to London and three Italian cities. In London, she spoke with students about international education for adolescent girls and met with both British prime minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Harry" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Harry">Prince Harry</a>. She was joined by her two daughters and mother.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, she spent a week in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, her first official visit to the Middle East. She continued advancing her initiative for international education for women by speaking at the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education for her "Let Girls Learn" initiative in <a href="/wiki/Doha,_Qatar" class="mw-redirect" title="Doha, Qatar">Doha, Qatar</a>, and touring a school in <a href="/wiki/Amman,_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Amman, Jordan">Amman, Jordan</a>, where she met with female students.<sup id="cite_ref-2015CNN_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2015CNN-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-instyle_let_girls_learn_213-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-instyle_let_girls_learn-213"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Qatar trip, Obama had intended to visit Jordan as well, but the trip was canceled due to weather conditions. In Jordan, Obama had intended to visit an <a href="/wiki/Amman,_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="Amman, Jordan">Amman</a> school that had been constructed with assistance from U.S. funds.<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2016, Obama accompanied her husband and children to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> in a trip that was seen by the administration as having the possibility of positively impacting relations between the country and America.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that month, the first couple and their daughters traveled to <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meeting with Argentine president <a href="/wiki/Mauricio_Macri" title="Mauricio Macri">Mauricio Macri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-219" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-219"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Midterm_elections">Midterm elections</h3></div> <p>Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_elections" title="2010 United States elections">2010 midterm elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making her debut on the campaign trail in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee,_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee, Wisconsin">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time she began campaigning, Obama's approval rating was 20 percentage points higher than her husband's.<sup id="cite_ref-224" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-224"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Obama indicated in January 2010 that a consensus had not been made about whether she would campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-225" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-225"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> speculation of her involvement came from her large approval rating as well as reports that she had been invited to speak at events with Democrats such as <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kilroy" title="Mary Jo Kilroy">Mary Jo Kilroy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sestak" title="Joe Sestak">Joe Sestak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-226" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-226"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She toured seven states in two weeks within October 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-227" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-227"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aides reported that, though viewed as essential by the White House, she would not become deeply involved with political discussions nor engage Republicans in public disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the elections, only six of the thirteen Democratic candidates Obama had campaigned for won. The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> concluded that while Obama was indeed more popular than her husband, her "election scorecard proved no better than his, particularly in her home state".<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama was a participant in the <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_elections" title="2014 United States elections">2014 midterm elections</a>, held at a time where her popularity superseded her husband's to such an extent that it was theorized she would receive a much larger outpour of support in campaigning. Reporting her travel to <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, Colorado, David Lightman wrote that while Democrats did not want President Obama to campaign for them, "the first lady is very popular."<sup id="cite_ref-230" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-230"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2014, Obama was found to have a 61% favorable approval rating from a CNN poll, her husband coming in at 43%.<sup id="cite_ref-2014CNN_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014CNN-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a video released in July, as part of an effort to encourage <a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">voter turnout</a>, she called on voters to be "hungry as you were back in 2008 and 2012".<sup id="cite_ref-232" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-232"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama appeared at a fundraiser in Georgia in September for Democratic senate candidate <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Nunn" title="Michelle Nunn">Michelle Nunn</a>. Obama's approach to campaigning in Georgia strayed from discussing current events and instead broadly stressed the importance of registering to vote and turning out during the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-2014CNN_231-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014CNN-231"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama's infrequent appearances came from her dislike of being away from her children and Washington politics as well as her distaste for the opposition by Republicans to her husband's agenda and her view that Democrats in the U.S. Senate had not sufficiently been supporters of her initiatives to end childhood obesity.<sup id="cite_ref-2014NYT_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014NYT-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama raised her profile in October,<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> touring three states in four days.<sup id="cite_ref-2014NYT_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014NYT-233"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama called the elections her husband's "last campaign".<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign">Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg/220px-Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg/330px-Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg/440px-Michelle_Obama_at_SNHU_October_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3102" data-file-height="2899" /></a><figcaption>Obama speaks at a <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">Hillary Clinton presidential campaign</a> rally at <a href="/wiki/Southern_New_Hampshire_University" title="Southern New Hampshire University">Southern New Hampshire University</a>, October 13, 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p>Obama endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and made several high-profile speeches in favor of her, including an address at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2016 Democratic National Convention">2016 Democratic National Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also appeared multiple times on the campaign trail in either solo or joint appearances with Clinton.<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 13, 2016, Obama heavily criticized Republican presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> for the statements he made in a <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_Billy_Bush_recording_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording controversy">2005 audio recording</a> while at a Clinton rally in <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester, New Hampshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, Trump attempted to revive past comments Obama made in regard to Clinton during the 2008 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_image_and_style">Public image and style</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg/220px-Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg/330px-Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg/440px-Obamas_walk_down_PA_Ave._1-20-09_hires_090120-N-0696M-546a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2358" data-file-height="1692" /></a><figcaption>Obama wore <a href="/wiki/Isabel_Toledo" title="Isabel Toledo">Isabel Toledo</a> clothes made of <a href="/wiki/St._Gallen_Embroidery" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Gallen Embroidery">St. Gallen Embroidery</a> to the <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">2009 presidential inauguration</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With the ascent of her husband as a prominent national politician, Obama became a part of popular culture. In May 2006, <i><a href="/wiki/Essence_(magazine)" title="Essence (magazine)">Essence</a></i> listed her among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women".<sup id="cite_ref-biogtv_243-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biogtv-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FLS_244-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLS-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" title="Vanity Fair (magazine)">Vanity Fair</a></i> listed her among "10 of the World's Best Dressed People". She was an honorary guest at <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey%27s_Legends_Ball" title="Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball">Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball</a> as a "young'un" paying tribute to the "Legends" who helped pave the way for African-American women. In September 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/02138" title="02138">02138</a></i> magazine listed her 58th of "The Harvard 100"; a list of the prior year's most influential <a href="/wiki/Category:Harvard_University_alumni" title="Category:Harvard University alumni">Harvard alumni</a>. Her husband was ranked fourth.<sup id="cite_ref-biogtv_243-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biogtv-243"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Top100_245-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top100-245"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>245<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2008, she made a repeat appearance on the <i>Vanity Fair</i> international best dressed list.<sup id="cite_ref-MOmraotVFibdl_246-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOmraotVFibdl-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also appeared on the 2008 <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i> list of best-dressed women and was praised by the magazine for her "classic and confident" look.<sup id="cite_ref-247" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>247<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-248" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-248"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>248<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of her husband's election, some sources anticipated that as a high-profile <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African-American</a> woman in a stable marriage Obama would be a positive role model who would influence the view the world has of African Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-WMMtU_249-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMMtU-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-250" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-250"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>250<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her fashion choices were part of the 2009 <a href="/wiki/Fashion_week" title="Fashion week">Fashion week</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-251" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-251"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>251<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Obama's influence in the field did not have the impact on the paucity of African-American models who participate, that some thought it might.<sup id="cite_ref-252" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-252"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>252<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-253" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-253"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>253<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama's public support grew in her early months as First Lady,<sup id="cite_ref-MIFOTS_134-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIFOTS-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MR_254-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as she was accepted as a <a href="/wiki/Role_model" title="Role model">role model</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MIFOTS_134-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIFOTS-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On her first trip abroad in April 2009, she toured a cancer ward with <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Brown" title="Sarah Jane Brown">Sarah Brown</a>, wife of British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-255" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-255"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>255<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> described her first trip abroad as an exhibition of her so-called "star power"<sup id="cite_ref-MR_254-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-254"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>254<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a> described it as a display of sartorial elegance.<sup id="cite_ref-FLS_244-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLS-244"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Questions were raised by some in the American and British media regarding <a href="/wiki/Protocol_(diplomacy)" title="Protocol (diplomacy)">protocol</a> when the Obamas met <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a><sup id="cite_ref-TQaMO_256-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TQaMO-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Michelle reciprocated a touch on her back by the Queen during a reception, purportedly against traditional royal etiquette.<sup id="cite_ref-TQaMO_256-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TQaMO-256"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>256<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-257" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-257"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>257<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Palace sources denied that any breach in etiquette had occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-258" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-258"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>258<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG/220px-Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG/330px-Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG/440px-Obamas_arrive_at_Neighborhood_Ball_1-20-09_090120-F-9629D-599.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Obama in <a href="/wiki/Jason_Wu" title="Jason Wu">Jason Wu</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Obama has been compared to <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis">Jacqueline Kennedy</a> due to her sense of style<sup id="cite_ref-MOmraotVFibdl_246-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOmraotVFibdl-246"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>246<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also to <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bush" title="Barbara Bush">Barbara Bush</a> for her discipline and decorum.<sup id="cite_ref-259" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-259"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>259<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-260" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-260"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>260<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama's style has been described as "fashion populist".<sup id="cite_ref-VLiCBTO_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VLiCBTO-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, she wore clothes, many high end, from more than fifty design companies with less expensive pieces from <a href="/wiki/J.Crew" title="J.Crew">J.Crew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Target_Corporation" title="Target Corporation">Target</a>, and the same year a study found that her patronage was worth an average of $14<span class="nowrap"> </span>million to a company.<sup id="cite_ref-Horyn_261-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horyn-261"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>261<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became a fashion trendsetter, in particular favoring sleeveless dresses, including her first-term official portrait in a dress by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kors" title="Michael Kors">Michael Kors</a> and her ball gowns designed by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Wu" title="Jason Wu">Jason Wu</a> for both inaugurals.<sup id="cite_ref-262" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-262"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>262<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also been known for wearing clothes by African designers such as <a href="/wiki/Mimi_Plange" title="Mimi Plange">Mimi Plange</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duro_Olowu" title="Duro Olowu">Duro Olowu</a>, Maki Oh, and Osei Duro, and styles such as the <a href="/wiki/Adire_(textile_art)" title="Adire (textile art)">Adire</a> fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-ObamaGuardian_263-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ObamaGuardian-263"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>263<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-264" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-264"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>264<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Obama appeared on the cover and in a photo spread in the March 2009 issue of <i><a href="/wiki/Vogue_(magazine)" title="Vogue (magazine)">Vogue</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MOgcoVm_265-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOgcoVm-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOmVc_266-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOmVc-266"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>266<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every first lady since <a href="/wiki/Lou_Henry_Hoover" title="Lou Henry Hoover">Lou Hoover</a> (except <a href="/wiki/Bess_Truman" title="Bess Truman">Bess Truman</a>) has been in <i>Vogue</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-MOgcoVm_265-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOgcoVm-265"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>265<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but only Hillary Clinton had previously appeared on the cover.<sup id="cite_ref-267" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-267"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>267<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama later appeared two more times on the cover of <i>Vogue</i>, while First Lady, the last time in December 2016, with photographs by <a href="/wiki/Annie_Leibovitz" title="Annie Leibovitz">Annie Leibovitz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-268" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-268"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>268<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2011, she became the first woman ever to appear on the cover of <i><a href="/wiki/Better_Homes_and_Gardens_(magazine)" title="Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)">Better Homes and Gardens</a></i> magazine, and the first person in 48 years.<sup id="cite_ref-269" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-269"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>269<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, during the <a href="/wiki/85th_Academy_Awards" title="85th Academy Awards">85th Academy Awards</a>, she became the first first lady to announce the winner of an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> (Best Picture, which went to <i><a href="/wiki/Argo_(2012_film)" title="Argo (2012 film)">Argo</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-270" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-270"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>270<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The media have been criticized for focusing more on the first lady's fashion sense than her serious contributions.<sup id="cite_ref-VLiCBTO_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VLiCBTO-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-271" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-271"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>271<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said after the 2008 election that she would like to focus attention as First Lady on issues of concern to military and working families.<sup id="cite_ref-WMMtU_249-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMMtU-249"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>249<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-272" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-272"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>272<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-273" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-273"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>273<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> blogger, <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> host and <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">Scripps Howard</a> columnist <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Erb%C3%A9" title="Bonnie Erbé">Bonnie Erbé</a> argued that Obama's own publicists seemed to be feeding the emphasis on style over substance,<sup id="cite_ref-274" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-274"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>274<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and said Obama was miscasting herself by overemphasizing style.<sup id="cite_ref-MOSWW_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOSWW-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-275" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-275"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>275<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p>For three straight years – 2018, 2019, and 2020 – Obama topped the <a href="/wiki/Gallup_poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallup poll">Gallup poll</a> asking who is the "most admired woman" in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-276" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-276"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>276<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-277" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-277"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>277<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Time</i> magazine features an annual "<a href="/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year" title="Time Person of the Year">Person of the Year</a>" cover story in which <i>Time</i> recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on news headlines over the previous twelve months. In 2020, the magazine decided to retroactively choose a historically deserving woman for each year in which a man had been named Person of the Year, reflecting the fact that a woman or women had been named Person of the Year only eleven times in the preceding hundred. As part of this review, Michelle Obama was named the Woman of the Year for 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-278" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-278"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>278<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_activities_(2017–present)"><span id="Subsequent_activities_.282017.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Subsequent activities (2017–present)</h2></div> <p>In May 2017, during an appearance at the <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_a_Healthier_America" title="Partnership for a Healthier America">Partnership for a Healthier America</a> conference, Obama rebuked the Trump administration for its delay of a federal requirement designed to increase the nutritional standards for school lunches.<sup id="cite_ref-279" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-279"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>279<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, while attending the WWDC in <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon Valley, California">Silicon Valley, California</a>, Obama called for tech companies to add women for the diversifying of their ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-280" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-280"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>280<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July, Obama honored <a href="/wiki/Eunice_Shriver" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunice Shriver">Eunice Shriver</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2017_ESPY_Awards" title="2017 ESPY Awards">2017 ESPY Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-281" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-281"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>281<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September, Obama delivered an address at the tech conference in Utah charging the Trump administration with having a fearful White House,<sup id="cite_ref-282" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-282"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>282<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> appeared in a video for the Global Citizens Festival advocating more attention to giving young girls an education,<sup id="cite_ref-283" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-283"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>283<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended the Inbound 2017 conference in Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-284" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-284"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>284<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During an October<span class="nowrap"> </span>3 appearance at the Philadelphia Conference for Women, Obama cited a lack of diversity in politics with contributing to lawmakers being distrusted by other groups.<sup id="cite_ref-285" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-285"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>285<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, Obama discussed gender disparity in attitudes with <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Alexander_(poet)" title="Elizabeth Alexander (poet)">Elizabeth Alexander</a> while attending the <a href="/wiki/Obama_Foundation" title="Obama Foundation">Obama Foundation</a> Summit in Chicago,<sup id="cite_ref-286" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-286"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>286<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and spoke at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-287" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-287"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>287<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2018, Obama responded to speculation that she might be running for president by saying she has "never had the passion for politics" and that "there are millions of women who are inclined and do have the passion for politics."<sup id="cite_ref-288" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-288"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>288<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 2, 2021, Obama encouraged Georgia residents to vote in the state's runoff in the U.S. Senate election and to contact <a href="/wiki/VoteRiders" title="VoteRiders">VoteRiders</a>, a non-profit voter ID education organization, to make sure they have the necessary ID to vote.<sup id="cite_ref-289" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-289"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>289<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Joseph_R._Biden,_Jr._and_Vice_President_Kamala_Harris_participated_in_a_Presidential_Armed_Forces_Full_Honors_Wreath-Laying_Ceremony_at_the_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_(50857743682).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/President_Joseph_R._Biden%2C_Jr._and_Vice_President_Kamala_Harris_participated_in_a_Presidential_Armed_Forces_Full_Honors_Wreath-Laying_Ceremony_at_the_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_%2850857743682%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/President_Joseph_R._Biden%2C_Jr._and_Vice_President_Kamala_Harris_participated_in_a_Presidential_Armed_Forces_Full_Honors_Wreath-Laying_Ceremony_at_the_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_%2850857743682%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/President_Joseph_R._Biden%2C_Jr._and_Vice_President_Kamala_Harris_participated_in_a_Presidential_Armed_Forces_Full_Honors_Wreath-Laying_Ceremony_at_the_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_at_Arlington_National_Cemetery_%2850857743682%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption>Obama attending a wreath laying ceremony with her husband at the <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Arlington)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)">Tomb of the Unknown Soldier</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Inauguration of Joe Biden">Inauguration of Joe Biden</a> in 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>On January 20, 2021, Obama and her husband attended the <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_Joe_Biden" title="Inauguration of Joe Biden">inauguration of Joe Biden</a>. Michelle Obama wore a matching plum coat, sweater, pants, and belt designed by <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Hudson" title="Sergio Hudson">Sergio Hudson</a> to the inauguration.<sup id="cite_ref-290" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-290"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>290<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, she was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Women%27s_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Women's Hall of Fame">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-291" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-291"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>291<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 28, 2023, Obama, along with actress <a href="/wiki/Kate_Capshaw" title="Kate Capshaw">Kate Capshaw</a>, joined <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen" title="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a> on stage during his show in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a> where they provided backing vocals and tambourine on Springsteen's song "<a href="/wiki/Glory_Days_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen song)">Glory Days</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-292" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-292"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>292<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_U.S._presidential_election">2024 U.S. presidential election</h3></div> <p>Amid media speculation over the candidacy of President Biden, Obama's office announced in March 2024 that she would not be running for president in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 United States presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-293" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-293"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>293<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ipsos" title="Ipsos">Ipsos</a> public opinion poll among 892 registered voters released on July 2, 2024, Michelle Obama was the only listed Democrat option who would defeat Trump in a confrontation, with 50% of the votes for Obama versus 39% for Trump. 55% of the voters also had a favourable view of Obama versus 42% toward Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-294" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-294"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>294<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-295" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>295<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 20, 2024, Obama gave the next-to-last address on the second night of the <a href="/wiki/2024_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2024 Democratic National Convention">2024 Democratic National Convention</a> and then introduced the final speaker, her husband, former president <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. The New York <i>Times</i> called her speech "electrifying" and suggested she had outshone her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-296" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-296"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>296<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Becoming"><i>Becoming</i></h3></div> <p>Obama's memoir, <i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i>, was released in November 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-297" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-297"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>297<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By November 2019, it had sold 11.5 million copies.<sup id="cite_ref-298" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-298"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>298<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A documentary titled <i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(2020_documentary_film)" title="Becoming (2020 documentary film)">Becoming</a></i>, which chronicles Obama's book tour promoting the memoir, was released on <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> on May 6, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-299" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-299"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>299<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-300" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-300"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>300<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</a> in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-301" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-301"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>301<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Podcast">Podcast</h3></div> <p>In July 2020, she premiered a podcast titled <i>The Michelle Obama Podcast</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-302" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-302"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>302<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-303" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-303"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>303<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, Obama was announced as an <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive producer (television)">executive producer</a> and presenter on a children's <a href="/wiki/Cooking_show" title="Cooking show">cooking show</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Waffles_%2B_Mochi" title="Waffles + Mochi">Waffles + Mochi</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-304" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>304<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was released by Netflix on March 16, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-305" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-305"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>305<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-306" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-306"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>306<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 11, 2021, the Obamas attended a 9/11 memorial to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-307" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-307"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>307<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, Regina Hicks had signed a deal with <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> alongside her and <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack</a>'s Higher Ground production company to develop comedies.<sup id="cite_ref-308" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-308"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>308<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She received two <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_and_Family_Emmy_Awards" title="Children's and Family Emmy Awards">Children's and Family Emmy Awards</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1st_Children%27s_and_Family_Emmy_Awards" title="1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards">1st Children's and Family Emmy Awards</a>: for Outstanding Short Form Program (<i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(2021_TV_series)" title="We the People (2021 TV series)">We the People</a></i>) and Outstanding Preschool Animated Series (<i><a href="/wiki/Ada_Twist,_Scientist_(TV_series)" title="Ada Twist, Scientist (TV series)">Ada Twist, Scientist</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-309" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-309"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>309<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3></div> <p>Obama made guest appearances on a few TV shows, including <i><a href="/wiki/ICarly" title="ICarly">iCarly</a></i> in 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation" title="Parks and Recreation">Parks and Recreation</a></i> in 2014, <i><a href="/wiki/NCIS_(TV_series)" title="NCIS (TV series)">NCIS (TV series)</a></i> in 2016 (S13 E22 Homefront), and <i><a href="/wiki/Black-ish" title="Black-ish">Black-ish</a></i> in 2022, receiving <a href="/wiki/Black_Reel_TV_Awards" title="Black Reel TV Awards">Black Reel Awards for Television</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/Black_Reel_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actress,_Comedy_Series" title="Black Reel Award for Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series">Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-310" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-310"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>310<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She produced the documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Crip_Camp" title="Crip Camp">Crip Camp</a></i> (2020) and the biographical drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Rustin_(film)" title="Rustin (film)">Rustin</a></i> (2023). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Light_We_Carry"><i>The Light We Carry</i></h3></div> <p>On July 21, 2022, it was announced that Obama's next book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a></i>, would be published in November 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-311" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-311"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>311<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was published by Penguin Random House.<sup id="cite_ref-312" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-312"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>312<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, Obama received <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Hosted_Nonfiction_Series_or_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special</a> nomination at the <a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards">75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards</a> for the Netflix documentary film <i>The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-313" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-313"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>313<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div> <p>In November 2023, Obama was named to the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s <a href="/wiki/100_Women_(BBC)" title="100 Women (BBC)">100 Women</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2_314-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2-314"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>314<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Award </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Nominated work </th> <th>Result </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/62nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="62nd Annual Grammy Awards">2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Best Spoken Word Album</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td rowspan="2" align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-315" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-315"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>315<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/66th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="66th Annual Grammy Awards">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/75th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards" title="75th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Hosted_Nonfiction_Series_or_Special" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special">Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special</a> </td> <td><i>The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-316" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-316"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=%27How+I+get+myself+through%27%3A+Inside+Michelle+Obama%27s+book+of+life+lessons&rft.date=2022-12-06&rft.aulast=Harper&rft.aufirst=Hilary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2Fhow-i-get-myself-through-inside-michelle-obama-s-book-of-life-lessons-20221205-p5c3sz.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdemariam2022" class="citation web cs1">Edemariam, Aida (November 15, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/15/the-light-we-carry-by-michelle-obama-review-lessons-in-life">"The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama review – lessons in life"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=First+%28Place%29+Lady%3A+Michelle+Obama%27s+New+Book+Hits+Number+One+on+the+Charts&rft.date=2022-11-23&rft.aulast=Chan&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fproduct-recommendations%2Fbooks%2Fmichelle-obama-new-book-the-light-we-carry-buy-read-online-1234630261%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeaton2022" class="citation web cs1">Seaton, Lola (November 23, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2022/11/the-light-we-carry-michelle-obama-review">"The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama's self-help slogans"</a>. <i>New Statesman</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=New+Statesman&rft.atitle=The+Light+We+Carry%3A+Michelle+Obama%27s+self-help+slogans&rft.date=2022-11-23&rft.aulast=Seaton&rft.aufirst=Lola&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newstatesman.com%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2F2022%2F11%2Fthe-light-we-carry-michelle-obama-review&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDawn2022" class="citation news cs1">Dawn, Turner (November 15, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/11/15/michelle-obama-book/">"The message of Michelle Obama's new book is familiar but much needed"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 6,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=The+message+of+Michelle+Obama%27s+new+book+is+familiar+but+much+needed&rft.date=2022-11-15&rft.aulast=Dawn&rft.aufirst=Turner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbooks%2F2022%2F11%2F15%2Fmichelle-obama-book%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul></div></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColbert,_David2008" class="citation book cs1">Colbert, David (2008). <i>Michelle Obama, An American Story</i>. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-547-24770-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-547-24770-0"><bdi>978-0-547-24770-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Michelle+Obama%2C+An+American+Story&rft.pub=Houghton+Mifflin+Harcourt&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-547-24770-0&rft.au=Colbert%2C+David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLightfoot,_Elizabeth2008" class="citation book cs1">Lightfoot, Elizabeth (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/michelleobamafir00ligh"><i>Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope</i></a>. The Lyons Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59921-521-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59921-521-1"><bdi>978-1-59921-521-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Michelle+Obama%3A+First+Lady+of+Hope&rft.pub=The+Lyons+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-59921-521-1&rft.au=Lightfoot%2C+Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmichelleobamafir00ligh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMundy,_Liza2008" class="citation book cs1">Mundy, Liza (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/michellebiograph00mund"><i>Michelle Obama, A Life</i></a>. Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9943-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9943-2"><bdi>978-1-4165-9943-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Michelle+Obama%2C+A+Life&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-4165-9943-2&rft.au=Mundy%2C+Liza&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmichellebiograph00mund&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChambers,_Veronica2017" class="citation book cs1">Chambers, Veronica (2017). <i>The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own</i>. St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-250-11496-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-250-11496-9"><bdi>978-1-250-11496-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Meaning+of+Michelle%3A+16+Writers+on+the+Iconic+First+Lady+and+How+Her+Journey+Inspires+Our+Own&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-250-11496-9&rft.au=Chambers%2C+Veronica&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichelle+Obama" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1235681985"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night 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(2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (husband)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Robinson" title="Marian Robinson">Marian Robinson</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig Robinson</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capers_Funnye" title="Capers Funnye">Capers Funnye</a> (cousin)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_(dog)" title="Bo (dog)">Bo</a> (family dog)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunny_(dog)" title="Sunny (dog)">Sunny</a> (family dog)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public image</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_and_Michelle" title="Barack and Michelle">Barack and Michelle</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama:_A_Life" title="Michelle Obama: A Life">Michelle Obama: A Life</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Southside_with_You" title="Southside with You">Southside with You</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(2020_documentary_film)" title="Becoming (2020 documentary film)">Becoming</a></i> (2020 documentary)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Waffles_%2B_Mochi" title="Waffles + Mochi">Waffles + Mochi</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(2021_TV_series)" title="We the People (2021 TV series)">We the People</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Picturing_the_Obamas" title="Picturing the Obamas">Picturing the Obamas</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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(2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Barack_Obama_presidency_(2016%E2%80%932017)#January_2017" title="Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency (2016–2017)">January 2017</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Foreign policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Middle East</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)#Reassessment_and_renewed_commitment_from_2008" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" title="Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">Iraq withdrawal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack" title="2012 Benghazi attack">Benghazi attack</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%932021)" title="US-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)">Return to Iraq</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/US_intervention_in_the_Syrian_civil_war" title="US intervention in the Syrian civil war">War in Syria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Iran nuclear deal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="East Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Pivot to Asia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cuban_thaw" title="Cuban thaw">Cuban thaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Obama_Doctrine" title="Obama Doctrine">Obama Doctrine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/European_foreign_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="European foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration">Europe</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration">Economic policy</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009" title="American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009">American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act">Dodd–Frank Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter_Fair_Pay_Act_of_2009" title="Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009">Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Energy policy of the Barack Obama administration">Energy</a>/Environmental</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Lautenberg_Chemical_Safety_for_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act">Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marine_policy_of_the_Barack_Obama_administration" title="Marine policy of the Barack Obama administration">Marine policy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_greenhouse_gases_under_the_Clean_Air_Act" title="Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act">Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan" title="Clean Power Plan">Clean Power Plan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clean_Water_Act" title="Clean Water Act">Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Healthy,_Hunger-Free_Kids_Act_of_2010" title="Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010">Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_START" title="New START">New START</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moving_Ahead_for_Progress_in_the_21st_Century_Act" title="Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act">MAP-21st Century Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fixing_America%27s_Surface_Transportation_Act" title="Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act">FAST Act</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of people granted executive clemency by Barack Obama">Pardons</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama">Presidential trips</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2009)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2009)">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2010)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2010)">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2011)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2011)">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2012)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2012)">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2013)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2013)">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2014)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2014)">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2015)" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2015)">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama_(2016%E2%80%932017)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama (2016–2017)">2016–17</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of international presidential trips made by Barack Obama">international</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Judicial appointments</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination">Sotomayor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elena_Kagan_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination">Kagan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merrick_Garland_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination">Garland</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_judicial_appointment_controversies" title="Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies">controversies</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Barack_Obama" title="Cabinet of Barack Obama">Cabinet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Presidential_Center" title="Barack Obama Presidential Center">Presidential Library and Center</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of executive actions by Barack Obama">Executive actions</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Hussein_Obama/Executive_orders" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Hussein Obama/Executive orders">Executive orders</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_memoranda_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of presidential memoranda by Barack Obama">Memoranda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Barack_Obama/Presidential_Proclamations" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Author:Barack Obama/Presidential Proclamations">Proclamations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/First_presidential_transition_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidential transition of Donald Trump">Trump transition</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Plantation_Estate" title="Plantation Estate">Plantation Estate</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_by_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books by Barack Obama">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father"><i>Dreams from My Father</i> (1995)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope"><i>The Audacity of Hope</i> (2006)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Of_Thee_I_Sing_(book)" title="Of Thee I Sing (book)"><i>Of Thee I Sing</i> (2010)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land"><i>A Promised Land</i> (2020)</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Speeches_of_Barack_Obama" title="Speeches of Barack Obama">Speeches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/2004_Democratic_National_Convention_keynote_address" title="2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address">The Audacity of Hope</a>" (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_of_Senator_Barack_Obama_on_New_Hampshire_Primary_Night" class="extiw" title="s:Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night">Yes We Can</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_More_Perfect_Union_(speech)" title="A More Perfect Union (speech)">A More Perfect Union</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_election_victory_speech" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential election victory speech">Change Has Come to America</a>" (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama#Ceremony:_"A_New_Birth_of_Freedom"" title="First inauguration of Barack Obama">A New Birth of Freedom</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/February_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_New_Beginning_(speech)" title="A New Beginning (speech)">A New Beginning</a>" (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/September_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress">Joint session of Congress (health care reform)</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2010 State of the Union Address">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2011 State of the Union Address">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2012 State of the Union Address">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2013 State of the Union Address">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2014 State of the Union Address">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2015 State of the Union Address">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2016 State of the Union Address">2016</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Tucson_memorial_speech" title="Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech">Tucson memorial speech</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Jobs_Act" title="American Jobs Act">Joint session of Congress (jobs)</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/You_didn%27t_build_that" title="You didn't build that">You didn't build that</a>" (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Selma_50th_anniversary_speech" title="Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speech">Selma 50th anniversary</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama%27s_farewell_address" title="Barack Obama's farewell address">Farewell address</a> (2017)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Barack_Obama" title="Electoral history of Barack Obama">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Illinois</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">State Senate</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#First_state_Senate_election,_1996" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Second_state_Senate_election,_1998" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate_elections_of_Barack_Obama#Third_state_Senate_election,_2002" title="Illinois Senate elections of Barack Obama">2002</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">U.S. House of Representatives</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Illinois%27s_1st_congressional_district_election" title="2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election">2000</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">U.S. Senate</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois" title="2004 United States Senate election in Illinois">2004</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">GOP/conservative support</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_staff_members" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign staff members">staff members</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_primary_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign">primary campaign</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2008 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection">running mate selection</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2008 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign">2012 campaign</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2012 Democratic National Convention">convention</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2012 United States presidential debates">debates</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">election</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Barack_Obama" title="Family of Barack Obama">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a> (wife)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Dunham" title="Ann Dunham">Ann Dunham</a> (mother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr." title="Barack Obama Sr.">Barack Obama Sr.</a> (father)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro" title="Lolo Soetoro">Lolo Soetoro</a> (stepfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maya_Soetoro-Ng" title="Maya Soetoro-Ng">Maya Soetoro-Ng</a> (maternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Armour_Dunham" title="Stanley Armour Dunham">Stanley Armour Dunham</a> (maternal grandfather)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madelyn_Dunham" title="Madelyn Dunham">Madelyn Dunham</a> (maternal grandmother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Auma_Obama" title="Auma Obama">Auma Obama</a> (paternal half-sister)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Malik_Obama" title="Malik Obama">Malik Obama</a> (paternal half-brother)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marian_Robinson" title="Marian Robinson">Marian Robinson</a> (mother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Robinson_(basketball)" title="Craig Robinson (basketball)">Craig Robinson</a> (brother-in-law)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bo_(dog)" title="Bo (dog)">Bo</a> (family dog)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sunny_(dog)" title="Sunny (dog)">Sunny</a> (family dog)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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of Barack Obama">Oprah Winfrey's endorsement</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories">Citizenship conspiracy theories</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_presidential_eligibility_litigation" title="Barack Obama presidential eligibility litigation">litigation</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_religion_conspiracy_theories" title="Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories">Religion conspiracy theories</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ayers_2008_presidential_election_controversy" title="Bill Ayers 2008 presidential election controversy">Bill Ayers controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Wright_controversy" title="Jeremiah Wright controversy">Jeremiah Wright controversy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Republican_and_conservative_support_for_Barack_Obama_in_2008" title="Republican and conservative support for Barack Obama in 2008">Republican and conservative support (2008)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama" title="Security incidents involving Barack Obama">Assassination threats</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Denver" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver">2008 Denver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_assassination_plot_in_Tennessee" title="Barack Obama assassination plot in Tennessee">2008 Tennessee</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Invitations_to_the_first_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama" title="Invitations to the first inauguration of Barack Obama">First inauguration invitations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One:_The_Obama_Inaugural_Celebration_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial" title="We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial">Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen%27s_Briefing_Book" title="Citizen's Briefing Book">Citizen's Briefing Book</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_protests" title="Tea Party protests">Tea Party protests</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Energy_for_America" title="New Energy for America">New Energy for America</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy#Presidential_involvement" title="Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy">Gates–Crowley Rose Garden meeting</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Firing_of_Shirley_Sherrod" title="Firing of Shirley Sherrod">Firing of Shirley Sherrod</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Barack_Obama" title="Efforts to impeach Barack Obama">Impeachment efforts</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy" title="Barack Obama tan suit controversy">Tan suit controversy</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Books_about_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Books about Barack Obama">Books about</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Barack_Obama" title="Bibliography of Barack Obama">Bibliography</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_From_Promise_to_Power" title="Obama: From Promise to Power">Obama: From Promise to Power</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_Der_schwarze_Kennedy" title="Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy">Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Redemption_Song_(Stanage_book)" title="Redemption Song (Stanage book)">Redemption Song</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_Against_Barack_Obama" title="The Case Against Barack Obama">The Case Against Barack Obama</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Nation" title="The Obama Nation">The Obama Nation</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Corruption" title="Culture of Corruption">Culture of Corruption</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Catastrophe_(Morris_and_McGann_book)" title="Catastrophe (Morris and McGann book)">Catastrophe</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_and_Michelle" title="Barack and Michelle">Barack and Michelle</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Speech_(Sharpley-Whiting_book)" title="The Speech (Sharpley-Whiting book)">The Speech</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Story" title="The Obama Story">The Obama Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Between_Barack_and_a_Hard_Place" title="Between Barack and a Hard Place">Between Barack and a Hard Place</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Game_Change" title="Game Change">Game Change</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Zombies" title="Obama Zombies">Obama Zombies</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Victory" title="Conservative Victory">Conservative Victory</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge:_The_Life_and_Rise_of_Barack_Obama" title="The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama">The Bridge</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Diaries" title="The Obama Diaries">The Obama Diaries</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Syndrome" title="The Obama Syndrome">The Obama Syndrome</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Obama_Identity" title="The Obama Identity">The Obama Identity</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/O:_A_Presidential_Novel" title="O: A Presidential Novel">O: A Presidential Novel</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_the_Birth_Certificate%3F" title="Where's the Birth Certificate?">Where's the Birth Certificate?</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama%27s_Last_Stand" title="Obama's Last Stand">Obama's Last Stand</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama:_The_Story" title="Barack Obama: The Story">Barack Obama: The Story</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Down:_Game_Change_2012" title="Double Down: Game Change 2012"> Game Change 2012</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Buyer%27s_Remorse_(book)" title="Buyer's Remorse (book)">Buyer's Remorse</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rising_Star_(book)" title="Rising Star (book)">Rising Star</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shade:_A_Tale_of_Two_Presidents" title="Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents">Shade</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_as_It_Is_(book)" title="The World as It Is (book)">The World as It Is</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amber_Lee_Ettinger" title="Amber Lee Ettinger">Obama Girl</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Crush_on_Obama" title="Crush on Obama">I Got a Crush... on Obama</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Magical_Negro#Barack_Obama" title="Magical Negro">Barack the Magic Negro</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Will.i.am" title="Will.i.am">will.i.am</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Yes_We_Can_(will.i.am_song)" title="Yes We Can (will.i.am song)">Yes We Can</a>"</span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_President_Sang_Amazing_Grace" title="The President Sang Amazing Grace">The President Sang Amazing Grace</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/There%27s_No_One_as_Irish_as_Barack_O%27Bama" title="There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama">There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/S%C3%AD_Se_Puede_Cambiar" title="Sí Se Puede Cambiar">Sí Se Puede Cambiar</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/My_President" title="My President">My President</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Deadheads_for_Obama" title="Deadheads for Obama">Deadheads for Obama</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Air_and_Simple_Gifts" title="Air and Simple Gifts">Air and Simple Gifts</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_Is_Now:_Renewing_America%27s_Promise" title="Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise">Change Is Now</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hope!_%E2%80%93_Das_Obama_Musical" title="Hope! – Das Obama Musical">Hope! – Das Obama Musical</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_vs._Mitt_Romney_(video)" title="Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney (video)">Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Baracksdubs" title="Baracksdubs">Barack's Dubs</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Signed,_Sealed,_Delivered_I%27m_Yours#Political_significance" title="Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours">Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours</a>"</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film, TV, <br /> and stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/By_the_People:_The_Election_of_Barack_Obama" title="By the People: The Election of Barack Obama">By the People: The Election of Barack Obama</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Change_(film)" title="Change (film)">Change</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama_Anak_Menteng" title="Obama Anak Menteng">Obama Anak Menteng</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2016:_Obama%27s_America" title="2016: Obama's America">2016: Obama's America</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_We%27ve_Traveled" title="The Road We've Traveled">The Road We've Traveled</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Southside_with_You" title="Southside with You">Southside with You</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hillary_and_Clinton" title="Hillary and Clinton">Hillary and Clinton</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Barry_(2016_film)" title="Barry (2016 film)">Barry</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Great_Divide" title="America's Great Divide">America's Great Divide</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_the_People_(2021_TV_series)" title="We the People (2021 TV series)">We the People</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Renegades:_Born_in_the_USA" title="Renegades: Born in the USA">Renegades: Born in the USA</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Obama:_In_Pursuit_of_a_More_Perfect_Union" title="Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union">Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series)" title="The First Lady (American TV series)">The First Lady</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Picturing_the_Obamas" title="Picturing the Obamas">Picturing the Obamas</a></i> (2022)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Images_of_Barack_Obama" title="Category:Images of Barack Obama">Other media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Social_media_use_by_Barack_Obama" title="Social media use by Barack Obama">Social media use</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Artists_for_Obama" title="Artists for Obama">Artists for Obama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Hope" poster">"Hope" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Joker%22_poster" title="Barack Obama "Joker" poster">"Joker" poster</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hair_Like_Mine" title="Hair Like Mine"><i>Hair Like Mine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Situation_Room_(photograph)" title="Situation Room (photograph)"><i>Situation Room</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iman_Crosson" title="Iman Crosson">Iman Crosson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Forgotten_Man_(painting)" title="The Forgotten Man (painting)">The Forgotten Man</a></i> (2010 painting)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a 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Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Carson" title="Rachel Carson">Rachel Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Cassatt" title="Mary Cassatt">Mary Cassatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Dickinson" title="Emily Dickinson">Emily Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Hamilton" title="Alice Hamilton">Alice Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Keller" title="Helen Keller">Helen Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_R._Sabin" title="Florence R. Sabin">Florence Sabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Chase_Smith" title="Margaret Chase Smith">Margaret Chase Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton" title="Elizabeth Cady Stanton">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_B._Taussig" title="Helen B. Taussig">Helen Brooke Taussig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" title="Harriet Tubman">Harriet Tubman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Adams" title="Abigail Adams">Abigail Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mead" title="Margaret Mead">Margaret Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias" title="Babe Didrikson Zaharias">Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorothea_Dix" title="Dorothea Dix">Dorothea Dix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliette_Gordon_Low" title="Juliette Gordon Low">Juliette Gordon Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Paul" title="Alice Paul">Alice Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Seton" title="Elizabeth Ann Seton">Elizabeth Bayley Seton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1980–1989" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1980–1989</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sanger" title="Margaret Sanger">Margaret Sanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sojourner_Truth" title="Sojourner Truth">Sojourner Truth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Chapman_Catt" title="Carrie Chapman Catt">Carrie Chapman Catt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Perkins" title="Frances Perkins">Frances Perkins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belva_Ann_Lockwood" title="Belva Ann Lockwood">Belva Lockwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucretia_Mott" title="Lucretia Mott">Lucretia Mott</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Jones" title="Mother Jones">Mary "Mother" Harris Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessie_Smith" title="Bessie Smith">Bessie Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_McClintock" title="Barbara McClintock">Barbara McClintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Stone" title="Lucy Stone">Lucy Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe" title="Harriet Beecher Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Brooks" title="Gwendolyn Brooks">Gwendolyn Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willa_Cather" title="Willa Cather">Willa Cather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Ride" title="Sally Ride">Sally Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Risteau" title="Mary Risteau">Mary Risteau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ida_B._Wells" title="Ida B. Wells">Ida B. Wells-Barnett</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="1990–1999" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">1990–1999</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bourke-White" title="Margaret Bourke-White">Margaret Bourke-White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean_King" title="Billie Jean King">Billie Jean King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_B._Seibert" title="Florence B. Seibert">Florence B. Seibert</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_B._Elion" title="Gertrude B. Elion">Gertrude Belle Elion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethel_Percy_Andrus" title="Ethel Percy Andrus">Ethel Percy Andrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoinette_Brown_Blackwell" title="Antoinette Brown Blackwell">Antoinette Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Blackwell" title="Emily Blackwell">Emily Blackwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm" title="Shirley Chisholm">Shirley Chisholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran" title="Jacqueline Cochran">Jacqueline Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Johnson_Colvin" title="Ruth Johnson Colvin">Ruth Colvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman" title="Marian Wright Edelman">Marian Wright Edelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Catherine_Evans" title="Alice Catherine Evans">Alice Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Friedan" title="Betty Friedan">Betty Friedan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Grasso" title="Ella Grasso">Ella Grasso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Griffiths" title="Martha Griffiths">Martha Wright Griffiths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer" title="Fannie Lou Hamer">Fannie Lou Hamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Height" title="Dorothy Height">Dorothy Height</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolores_Huerta" title="Dolores Huerta">Dolores Huerta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Putnam_Jacobi" title="Mary Putnam Jacobi">Mary Putnam Jacobi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mae_Jemison" title="Mae Jemison">Mae Jemison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lyon" title="Mary Lyon">Mary Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Eliza_Mahoney" title="Mary Eliza Mahoney">Mary Mahoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Mankiller" title="Wilma Mankiller">Wilma Mankiller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Baker_Motley" title="Constance Baker Motley">Constance Baker Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe" title="Georgia O'Keeffe">Georgia O'Keeffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Oakley" title="Annie Oakley">Annie Oakley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_Peterson" title="Esther Peterson">Esther Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin" title="Jeannette Rankin">Jeannette Rankin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards" title="Ellen Swallow Richards">Ellen Swallow Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Roulet" title="Elaine Roulet">Elaine Roulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Siva_Saubel" title="Katherine Siva Saubel">Katherine Siva Saubel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Steinem" title="Gloria Steinem">Gloria Steinem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Stephens" title="Helen Stephens">Helen Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Wald" title="Lillian Wald">Lillian Wald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker" title="Madam C. J. Walker">Madam C. J. Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faye_Wattleton" title="Faye Wattleton">Faye Wattleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow" title="Rosalyn Sussman Yalow">Rosalyn S. Yalow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Yerkovich" title="Gloria Yerkovich">Gloria Yerkovich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Abzug" title="Bella Abzug">Bella Abzug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Baker" title="Ella Baker">Ella Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myra_Bradwell" title="Myra Bradwell">Myra Bradwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon" title="Annie Jump Cannon">Annie Jump Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Cunningham_Croly" title="Jane Cunningham Croly">Jane Cunningham Croly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Shipe_East" title="Catherine Shipe East">Catherine East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro" title="Geraldine Ferraro">Geraldine Ferraro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman" title="Charlotte Perkins Gilman">Charlotte Perkins Gilman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Hopper" title="Grace Hopper">Grace Hopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_LaKelly_Hunt" title="Helen LaKelly Hunt">Helen LaKelly Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston" title="Zora Neale Hurston">Zora Neale Hurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson" title="Anne Hutchinson">Anne Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Wisebart_Jacobs" title="Frances Wisebart Jacobs">Frances Wisebart Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susette_La_Flesche" title="Susette La Flesche">Susette La Flesche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_McManus" title="Louise McManus">Louise McManus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Mitchell" title="Maria Mitchell">Maria Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonia_Novello" title="Antonia Novello">Antonia Novello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Richards" title="Linda Richards">Linda Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph" title="Wilma Rudolph">Wilma Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Bone_Schiess" title="Betty Bone Schiess">Betty Bone Schiess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Siebert" title="Muriel Siebert">Muriel Siebert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nettie_Stevens" title="Nettie Stevens">Nettie Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Winnemucca" title="Sarah Winnemucca">Sarah Winnemucca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Wright" title="Frances Wright">Fanny Wright</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Apgar" title="Virginia Apgar">Virginia Apgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Bancroft" title="Ann Bancroft">Ann Bancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Bloomer" title="Amelia Bloomer">Amelia Bloomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Carson_Breckinridge" title="Mary Carson Breckinridge">Mary Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Collins" title="Eileen Collins">Eileen Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Dole" title="Elizabeth Dole">Elizabeth Hanford Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Dallas_Dudley" title="Anne Dallas Dudley">Anne Dallas Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Baker_Eddy" title="Mary Baker Eddy">Mary Baker Eddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Fuller" title="Margaret Fuller">Margaret Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matilda_Joslyn_Gage" title="Matilda Joslyn Gage">Matilda Joslyn Gage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Moller_Gilbreth" title="Lillian Moller Gilbreth">Lillian Moller Gilbreth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nannerl_O._Keohane" title="Nannerl O. Keohane">Nannerl O. Keohane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Kuhn" title="Maggie Kuhn">Maggie Kuhn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Day_O%27Connor" title="Sandra Day O'Connor">Sandra Day O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_St._Pierre_Ruffin" title="Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin">Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Schroeder" title="Pat Schroeder">Pat Schroeder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_G._Solomon" title="Hannah G. Solomon">Hannah Greenebaum Solomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_May_Alcott" title="Louisa May Alcott">Louisa May Alcott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bunch" title="Charlotte Bunch">Charlotte Anne Bunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Xavier_Cabrini" title="Frances Xavier Cabrini">Frances Xavier Cabrini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Hallaren" title="Mary Hallaren">Mary A. Hallaren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oveta_Culp_Hobby" title="Oveta Culp Hobby">Oveta Culp Hobby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_Holladay" title="Wilhelmina Holladay">Wilhelmina Cole Holladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Morrow_Lindbergh" title="Anne Morrow Lindbergh">Anne Morrow Lindbergh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Goeppert_Mayer" title="Maria Goeppert Mayer">Maria Goeppert Mayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernestine_Rose" title="Ernestine Rose">Ernestine Louise Potowski Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Tallchief" title="Maria Tallchief">Maria Tallchief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Wharton" title="Edith Wharton">Edith Wharton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Albright" title="Madeleine Albright">Madeleine Albright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Bly" title="Nellie Bly">Nellie Bly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Moss_Bradley" title="Lydia Moss Bradley">Lydia Moss Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Calderone" title="Mary Calderone">Mary Steichen Calderone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Ann_Shadd" title="Mary Ann Shadd">Mary Ann Shadd Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Ganz_Cooney" title="Joan Ganz Cooney">Joan Ganz Cooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerty_Cori" title="Gerty Cori">Gerty Cori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Moore_Grimk%C3%A9" title="Sarah Moore Grimké">Sarah Grimké</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Ward_Howe" title="Julia Ward Howe">Julia Ward Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Ann_Jackson" title="Shirley Ann Jackson">Shirley Ann Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Lucid" title="Shannon Lucid">Shannon Lucid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_McCormick" title="Katharine McCormick">Katharine Dexter McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozanne_L._Ridgway" title="Rozanne L. Ridgway">Rozanne L. Ridgway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Nourse_Rogers" title="Edith Nourse Rogers">Edith Nourse Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felice_Schwartz" title="Felice Schwartz">Felice Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver" title="Eunice Kennedy Shriver">Eunice Kennedy Shriver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Wald" title="Florence Wald">Florence Wald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelina_Grimk%C3%A9" title="Angelina Grimké">Angelina Grimké Weld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu" title="Chien-Shiung Wu">Chien-Shiung Wu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2000–2009" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2000–2009</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faye_Glenn_Abdellah" title="Faye Glenn Abdellah">Faye Glenn Abdellah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Smith_DeVoe" title="Emma Smith DeVoe">Emma Smith DeVoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas" title="Marjory Stoneman Douglas">Marjory Stoneman Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Dyer" title="Mary Dyer">Mary Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Earle" title="Sylvia Earle">Sylvia A. Earle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Eastman" title="Crystal Eastman">Crystal Eastman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_M._Holm" title="Jeanne M. Holm">Jeanne Holm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leontine_T._Kelly" title="Leontine T. Kelly">Leontine T. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey" title="Frances Oldham Kelsey">Frances Oldham Kelsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Mullany" title="Kate Mullany">Kate Mullany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Howard_Shaw" title="Anna Howard Shaw">Anna Howard Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Smith_(Smith_College)" title="Sophia Smith (Smith College)">Sophia Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ida_Tarbell" title="Ida Tarbell">Ida Tarbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Vaught" title="Wilma Vaught">Wilma L. Vaught</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Edwards_Walker" title="Mary Edwards Walker">Mary Edwards Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Dodge_Wauneka" title="Annie Dodge Wauneka">Annie Dodge Wauneka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eudora_Welty" title="Eudora Welty">Eudora Welty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Willard" title="Frances Willard">Frances E. Willard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hansine_Andersen" title="Dorothy Hansine Andersen">Dorothy H. Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lydia_Maria_Child" title="Lydia Maria Child">Lydia Maria Child</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessie_Coleman" title="Bessie Coleman">Bessie Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Day" title="Dorothy Day">Dorothy Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_de_Forest" title="Marian de Forest">Marian de Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Althea_Gibson" title="Althea Gibson">Althea Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Hicks" title="Beatrice Hicks">Beatrice A. Hicks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Holdridge" title="Barbara Holdridge">Barbara Holdridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Williams_Russell_Strong" title="Harriet Williams Russell Strong">Harriet Williams Russell Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Howell_Warner" title="Emily Howell Warner">Emily Howell Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull" title="Victoria Woodhull">Victoria Woodhull</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paulina_Kellogg_Wright_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis">Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg" title="Ruth Bader Ginsburg">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Graham" title="Katharine Graham">Katharine Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertha_Holt" title="Bertha Holt">Bertha Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Engle_Pennington" title="Mary Engle Pennington">Mary Engle Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercy_Otis_Warren" title="Mercy Otis Warren">Mercy Otis Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_G._Alvarado" title="Linda G. Alvarado">Linda G. Alvarado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_de_Varona" title="Donna de Varona">Donna de Varona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle" title="Gertrude Ederle">Gertrude Ederle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Matilda_Harper" title="Martha Matilda Harper">Martha Matilda Harper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Roberts_Harris" title="Patricia Roberts Harris">Patricia Roberts Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Kwolek" title="Stephanie Kwolek">Stephanie L. Kwolek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothea_Lange" title="Dorothea Lange">Dorothea Lange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Robbins_Leet" title="Mildred Robbins Leet">Mildred Robbins Leet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Mink" title="Patsy Mink">Patsy Takemoto Mink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacagawea" title="Sacagawea">Sacagawea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Sullivan" title="Anne Sullivan">Anne Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Widnall" title="Sheila Widnall">Sheila E. Widnall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florence_E._Allen" title="Florence E. Allen">Florence E. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Benedict" title="Ruth Benedict">Ruth Fulton Benedict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Bumpers" title="Betty Bumpers">Betty Bumpers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_R._Colwell" title="Rita R. Colwell">Rita Rossi Colwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Cope" title="Marianne Cope">Mother Marianne Cope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Y. Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Locke" title="Patricia Locke">Patricia A. Locke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blanche_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Blanche Scott">Blanche Stuart Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Burnett_Talbert" title="Mary Burnett Talbert">Mary Burnett Talbert</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_K._Baum" title="Eleanor K. Baum">Eleanor K. Baum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Child" title="Julia Child">Julia Child</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Coffin_Wright" title="Martha Coffin Wright">Martha Coffin Pelham Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swanee_Hunt" title="Swanee Hunt">Swanee Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winona_LaDuke" title="Winona LaDuke">Winona LaDuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_K%C3%BCbler-Ross" title="Elisabeth Kübler-Ross">Elisabeth Kübler-Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Pipher" title="Judith Pipher">Judith L. Pipher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Filene_Shouse" title="Catherine Filene Shouse">Catherine Filene Shouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrietta_Szold" title="Henrietta Szold">Henrietta Szold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois" title="Louise Bourgeois">Louise Bourgeois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Cohn" title="Mildred Cohn">Mildred Cohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_DeCrow" title="Karen DeCrow">Karen DeCrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Kelly-Dreiss" title="Susan Kelly-Dreiss">Susan Kelly-Dreiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allie_B._Latimer" title="Allie B. Latimer">Allie B. Latimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Lazarus" title="Emma Lazarus">Emma Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Patrick" title="Ruth Patrick">Ruth Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Talbot_Perkins" title="Rebecca Talbot Perkins">Rebecca Talbot Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Solomon" title="Susan Solomon">Susan Solomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Stoneman" title="Kate Stoneman">Kate Stoneman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2010–2019" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2010–2019</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Drexel" title="Katharine Drexel">St. Katharine Drexel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Harrison_Eustis" title="Dorothy Harrison Eustis">Dorothy Harrison Eustis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Ford" title="Loretta Ford">Loretta C. Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abby_Kelley_Foster" title="Abby Kelley Foster">Abby Kelley Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Murray_Free" title="Helen Murray Free">Helen Murray Free</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter" title="Lilly Ledbetter">Lilly Ledbetter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara A. Mikulski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Shalala" title="Donna Shalala">Donna E. Shalala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer" title="Kathrine Switzer">Kathrine Switzer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Ford" title="Betty Ford">Betty Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ina_May_Gaskin" title="Ina May Gaskin">Ina May Gaskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Krone" title="Julie Krone">Julie Krone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Millett" title="Kate Millett">Kate Millett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Joseph_Rogers" title="Mary Joseph Rogers">Mary Joseph Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernice_Sandler" title="Bernice Sandler">Bernice Sandler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Schwartz" title="Anna Schwartz">Anna Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Willard" title="Emma Willard">Emma Willard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tenley_Albright" title="Tenley Albright">Tenley Albright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Brinker" title="Nancy Brinker">Nancy Brinker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Graham" title="Martha Graham">Martha Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Greenberger" title="Marcia Greenberger">Marcia Greenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Iglewski" title="Barbara Iglewski">Barbara Iglewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Kilbourne" title="Jean Kilbourne">Jean Kilbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlotta_Walls_LaNier" title="Carlotta Walls LaNier">Carlotta Walls LaNier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippa_Marrack" title="Philippa Marrack">Philippa Marrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Harriman_Rumsey" title="Mary Harriman Rumsey">Mary Harriman Rumsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Smeal" title="Eleanor Smeal">Eleanor Smeal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matilda_Cuomo" title="Matilda Cuomo">Matilda Cuomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Grandin" title="Temple Grandin">Temple Grandin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry" title="Lorraine Hansberry">Lorraine Hansberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Jackson_(entrepreneur)" title="Victoria Jackson (entrepreneur)">Victoria Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherry_Lansing" title="Sherry Lansing">Sherry Lansing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clare_Boothe_Luce" title="Clare Boothe Luce">Clare Boothe Luce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aimee_Mullins" title="Aimee Mullins">Aimee Mullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Mutter" title="Carol Mutter">Carol Mutter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Rowley" title="Janet Rowley">Janet Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Waters" title="Alice Waters">Alice Waters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Allred" title="Gloria Allred">Gloria Allred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Davis" title="Angela Davis">Angela Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Deer" title="Sarah Deer">Sarah Deer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Malachowski" title="Nicole Malachowski">Nicole Malachowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill" title="Rose O'Neill">Rose O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Slaughter" title="Louise Slaughter">Louise Slaughter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor" title="Sonia Sotomayor">Sonia Sotomayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Spiegel" title="Laurie Spiegel">Laurie Spiegel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flossie_Wong-Staal" title="Flossie Wong-Staal">Flossie Wong-Staal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="2020–2029" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">2020–2029</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hillary_(adventurer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbara Hillary (adventurer)">Barbara Hillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Rose_Johns" title="Barbara Rose Johns">Barbara Rose Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks" title="Henrietta Lacks">Henrietta Lacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Church_Terrell" title="Mary Church Terrell">Mary Church Terrell</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Octavia_E._Butler" title="Octavia E. Butler">Octavia E. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Chicago" title="Judy Chicago">Judy Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_S._Halstead" title="Rebecca S. Halstead">Rebecca S. Halstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mia_Hamm" title="Mia Hamm">Mia Hamm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Harjo" title="Joy Harjo">Joy Harjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Howland" title="Emily Howland">Emily Howland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Johnson" title="Katherine Johnson">Katherine Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra_Nooyi" title="Indra Nooyi">Indra Nooyi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Bath" title="Patricia Bath">Patricia Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Bridges" title="Ruby Bridges">Ruby Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elouise_P._Cobell" title="Elouise P. Cobell">Elouise P. Cobell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberl%C3%A9_Crenshaw" title="Kimberlé Crenshaw">Kimberlé Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_McIntosh" title="Peggy McIntosh">Peggy McIntosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Plaskow" title="Judith Plaskow">Judith Plaskow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Ross" title="Loretta Ross">Loretta Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Stone_(artist)" title="Sandy Stone (artist)">Sandy Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Wessels_Williams" title="Anna Wessels Williams">Anna Wessels Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Template talk:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_&amp;_Storytelling_Recording" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Audio_Book,_Narration_%26_Storytelling_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording">Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows</i> – <a href="/wiki/Stan_Freberg" title="Stan Freberg">Stan Freberg</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>FDR Speaks</i> – Robert Bialek (producer) (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein_Discusses_Humor_in_Music_and_Conducts_Till_Eulenspiegel%27s_Merry_Pranks" title="Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music and Conducts Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks">Humor in Music</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Story-Teller: A Session with Charles Laughton</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F" title="Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?">Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Albee" title="Edward Albee">Edward Albee</a> (playwright) (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy</i> – <i><a href="/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was" title="That Was the Week That Was">That Was the Week That Was</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him</i> – <a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a> (producer) (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Edward R. Murrow - A Reporter Remembers, Vol. I: The War Years</i> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow" title="Edward R. Murrow">Edward R. Murrow</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Gallant Men</i> – <a href="/wiki/Everett_Dirksen" title="Everett Dirksen">Everett Dirksen</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lonesome Cities</i> – <a href="/wiki/Rod_McKuen" title="Rod McKuen">Rod McKuen</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>We Love You Call Collect</i> – <a href="/wiki/Art_Linkletter" title="Art Linkletter">Art Linkletter</a> & <a href="/wiki/Diane_Linkletter" title="Diane Linkletter">Diane Linkletter</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i>Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam</i> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Desiderata_(Les_Crane_album)" title="Desiderata (Les Crane album)">Desiderata</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Crane" title="Les Crane">Les Crane</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Lenny</i> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Botnick" title="Bruce Botnick">Bruce Botnick</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris" title="Richard Harris">Richard Harris</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Good Evening</i> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cook" title="Peter Cook">Peter Cook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Moore" title="Dudley Moore">Dudley Moore</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Give_%27em_Hell,_Harry!" title="Give 'em Hell, Harry!">Give 'em Hell, Harry!</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/James_Whitmore" title="James Whitmore">James Whitmore</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Great American Documents</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fonda" title="Henry Fonda">Henry Fonda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_Amherst" title="The Belle of Amherst">The Belle of Amherst</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Julie_Harris" title="Julie Harris">Julie Harris</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Ages of Man: Readings from Shakespeare</i> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gielgud" title="John Gielgud">John Gielgud</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gertrude_Stein" title="Gertrude Stein">Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Carroll" title="Pat Carroll">Pat Carroll</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Donovan%27s_Brain" title="Donovan's Brain">Donovan's Brain</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record</a></i> – Tom Voegeli (producer) and Various Artists (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Portrait" title="Lincoln Portrait">Lincoln Portrait</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/William_Warfield" title="William Warfield">William Warfield</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Words of Gandhi</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey%27s_Black_Bottom" title="Ma Rainey's Black Bottom">Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Berniker" title="Mike Berniker">Mike Berniker</a> (producer) & the Original Broadway Cast (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions</i> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chips_Moman" title="Chips Moman">Chips Moman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins" title="Carl Perkins">Carl Perkins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Phillips" title="Sam Phillips">Sam Phillips</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_Days" title="Lake Wobegon Days">Lake Wobegon Days</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Keillor" title="Garrison Keillor">Garrison Keillor</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>It's Always Something</i> – <a href="/wiki/Gilda_Radner" title="Gilda Radner">Gilda Radner</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gracie:_A_Love_Story" title="Gracie: A Love Story">Gracie: A Love Story</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Civil_War_(miniseries)" title="The Civil War (miniseries)">The Civil War</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS</i> – <a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> and Robert O'Keefe (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Pulse_of_Morning" title="On the Pulse of Morning">On the Pulse of Morning</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Get_in_the_Van" title="Get in the Van">Get in the Van</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rollins" title="Henry Rollins">Henry Rollins</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Woman:_Four_Poems_Celebrating_Women" title="Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women">Phenomenal Woman</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Village" title="It Takes a Village">It Takes a Village</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Charles Kuralt's Spring</i> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kuralt" title="Charles Kuralt">Charles Kuralt</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Still_Me" title="Still Me">Still Me</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Reeve" title="Christopher Reeve">Christopher Reeve</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.</i> – <a href="/wiki/LeVar_Burton" title="LeVar Burton">LeVar Burton</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man:_A_Spiritual_Autobiography" title="The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography">The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a>, Rick Harris, and John Runnette (producers) (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones</i> – <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, Jeffrey S. Thomas, Steven Strassman (engineers), and Elisa Shokoff (producer) (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Song_Flung_Up_to_Heaven" title="A Song Flung Up to Heaven">A Song Flung Up to Heaven</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> and Charles B. Potter (producer) (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lies_and_the_Lying_Liars_Who_Tell_Them" title="Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> and Paul Ruben (producer) (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/My_Life_(Clinton_autobiography)" title="My Life (Clinton autobiography)">My Life</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreams_from_My_Father" title="Dreams from My Father">Dreams from My Father</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Endangered_Values" title="Our Endangered Values">Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> / <i>With Ossie and Ruby</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and Jacob Bronstein (producer) (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth_(book)" title="An Inconvenient Truth (book)">An Inconvenient Truth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beau_Bridges" title="Beau Bridges">Beau Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon" title="Cynthia Nixon">Cynthia Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blair_Underwood" title="Blair Underwood">Blair Underwood</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Always Looking Up</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_J._Fox" title="Michael J. Fox">Michael J. Fox</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Earth_(The_Book)" title="Earth (The Book)">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook)</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Society's Child</i> – <a href="/wiki/Janis_Ian" title="Janis Ian">Janis Ian</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/America_Again" title="America Again">America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Diary of a Mad Diva</i> – <a href="/wiki/Joan_Rivers" title="Joan Rivers">Joan Rivers</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Full_Life:_Reflections_at_90" class="mw-redirect" title="A Full Life: Reflections at 90">A Full Life: Reflections at 90</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox</i> – <a href="/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett">Carol Burnett</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Princess_Diarist" title="The Princess Diarist">The Princess Diarist</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Fisher" title="Carrie Fisher">Carrie Fisher</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Faith: A Journey for All</i> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Becoming_(book)" title="Becoming (book)">Becoming</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Blowout_(book)" title="Blowout (book)">Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Maddow" title="Rachel Maddow">Rachel Maddow</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation from John Lewis</i> − <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Finding Me</i> – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_We_Carry" title="The Light We Carry">The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="100_Women_by_BBC_in_2023" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/wiki/Maryam_al-Khawaja" title="Maryam al-Khawaja">Maryam al-Khawaja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamsa_Araweelo" title="Shamsa Araweelo">Shamsa Araweelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasmina_Benslimane" title="Yasmina Benslimane">Yasmina Benslimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yael_Braudo-Bahat" title="Yael Braudo-Bahat">Yael Braudo-Bahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Cawiya" title="Alicia Cawiya">Alicia Cawiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amal_Clooney" title="Amal Clooney">Amal Clooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehenna_Davison" title="Dehenna Davison">Dehenna Davison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christiana_Figueres" title="Christiana Figueres">Christiana Figueres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bella_Galhos" title="Bella Galhos">Bella Galhos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rina_Gonoi" title="Rina Gonoi">Rina Gonoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B4nia_Guajajara" title="Sônia Guajajara">Sônia Guajajara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renita_Holmes" title="Renita Holmes">Renita Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nata%C5%A1a_Kandi%C4%87" title="Nataša Kandić">Nataša Kandić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukshana_Kapali" title="Rukshana Kapali">Rukshana Kapali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sofia_Kosachyova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sofia Kosachyova (page does not exist)">Sofia Kosachyova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_McWilliams" title="Monica McWilliams">Monica McWilliams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najla_Mohamed-Lamin" title="Najla Mohamed-Lamin">Najla Mohamed-Lamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulanda_Mtamba" title="Ulanda Mtamba">Ulanda Mtamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamar_Museridze" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamar Museridze">Tamar Museridze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neema_Namadamu" title="Neema Namadamu">Neema Namadamu</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sepideh_Rashnu" title="Sepideh Rashnu">Sepideh Rashnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Smith" title="Bernadette Smith">Bernadette Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iryna_Stavchuk" title="Iryna Stavchuk">Iryna Stavchuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Steinem" title="Gloria Steinem">Gloria Steinem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summia_Tora" title="Summia Tora">Summia Tora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xu_Zaozao" title="Xu Zaozao">Xu Zaozao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment and sport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist hlist-items-nowrap" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aitana_Bonmat%C3%AD" title="Aitana Bonmatí">Aitana Bonmatí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antinisca_Cenci" title="Antinisca Cenci">Antinisca Cenci</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreza_Delgado&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andreza Delgado (page does not exist)">Andreza Delgado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desak_Made_Rita_Kusuma_Dewi" title="Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi">Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/America_Ferrera" title="America Ferrera">America Ferrera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Grall" title="Anne Grall">Anne Grall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Harrison" title="Georgia Harrison">Georgia Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmanpreet_Kaur" title="Harmanpreet Kaur">Harmanpreet Kaur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayeon_Lee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dayeon Lee (page does not exist)">Dayeon Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justina_Miles" title="Justina Miles">Justina Miles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dia_Mirza" title="Dia Mirza">Dia Mirza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zandile_Ndhlovu" title="Zandile Ndhlovu">Zandile Ndhlovu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Oseman" title="Alice Oseman">Alice Oseman</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paramida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paramida (page does not exist)">Paramida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Camila_Pirelli" title="Ana Camila Pirelli">Camila Pirelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziza_Sbaity" title="Aziza Sbaity">Aziza Sbaity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khine_Hnin_Wai" title="Khine Hnin Wai">Khine Hnin Wai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bianca_Williams" title="Bianca Williams">Bianca Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture and education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist hlist-items-nowrap" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afroze-Numa" title="Afroze-Numa">Afroze-Numa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosai_Ahmadzai" title="Hosai Ahmadzai">Hosai Ahmadzai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esi_Buobasa" title="Esi Buobasa">Esi Buobasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chila_Kumari_Burman" title="Chila Kumari Burman">Chila Kumari Burman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulina_Chiziane" title="Paulina Chiziane">Paulina Chiziane</a></li> <li><a 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Sandford">Dred Scott v. 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Ferguson">Plessy v. Ferguson</a></i> (1896)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_Amendments" title="Reconstruction Amendments">Reconstruction Amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redlining" title="Redlining">Redlining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separate_but_equal" title="Separate but equal">Separate but equal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silent_Parade" title="Silent Parade">Silent Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">Slavery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States" title="Treatment of slaves in the United States">Treatment of slaves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre" title="Tulsa race massacre">Tulsa race massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underground_Railroad" title="Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_women%27s_suffrage_movement" title="African-American women's suffrage movement">Women's suffrage movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/African-American_culture" title="African-American culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afrofuturism" title="Afrofuturism">Afrofuturism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_art" title="African-American art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_mecca" title="Black mecca">Black mecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black-owned_business" title="Black-owned business">Businesses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_dance" title="African-American dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_family_structure" title="African-American family structure">Family structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_film" title="Black film">Film</a></li> 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Bruce">Blanche Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bunche" title="Ralph Bunche">Ralph Bunche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Carver" title="George Washington Carver">George Washington Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm" title="Shirley Chisholm">Shirley Chisholm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colvin" title="Claudette Colvin">Claudette Colvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Douglass" title="Frederick Douglass">Frederick Douglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois" title="W. E. B. Du Bois">W. E. B. Du Bois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medgar_Evers" title="Medgar Evers">Medgar Evers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Farmer" title="James Farmer">James Farmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Highland_Garnet" title="Henry Highland Garnet">Henry Highland Garnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Garvey" title="Marcus Garvey">Marcus Garvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Gray_(attorney)" title="Fred Gray (attorney)">Fred Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer" title="Fannie Lou Hamer">Fannie Lou Hamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketanji_Brown_Jackson" title="Ketanji Brown Jackson">Ketanji Brown Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Jacobs" title="Harriet Jacobs">Harriet Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lafayette" title="Bernard Lafayette">Bernard Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lawson_(activist)" title="James Lawson (activist)">James Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lead_Belly" title="Lead Belly">Huddie Ledbetter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lowery" title="Joseph Lowery">Joseph Lowery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_X" title="Malcolm X">Malcolm X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Moses_(activist)" title="Bob Moses (activist)">Bob Moses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Nash" title="Diane Nash">Diane Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michelle Obama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">Adam Clayton Powell Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Prosser" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabriel Prosser">Gabriel Prosser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Rainey" title="Joseph Rainey">Joseph Rainey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph" title="A. Philip Randolph">A. Philip Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_R._Revels" title="Hiram R. Revels">Hiram Revels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton">Al Sharpton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Shuttlesworth" title="Fred Shuttlesworth">Fred Shuttlesworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Thomas" title="Clarence Thomas">Clarence Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmett_Till" title="Emmett Till">Emmett Till</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sojourner_Truth" title="Sojourner Truth">Sojourner Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Tubman" title="Harriet Tubman">Harriet Tubman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_slave_rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nat Turner's slave rebellion">Nat Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_Vesey" title="Denmark Vesey">Denmark Vesey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._T._Vivian" title="C. T. Vivian">C. T. Vivian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Walker_(abolitionist)" title="David Walker (abolitionist)">David Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ida_B._Wells" title="Ida B. Wells">Ida B. Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Wilkins" title="Roy Wilkins">Roy Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Young" title="Andrew Young">Andrew Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_Young" title="Whitney Young">Whitney Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Education, science<br />and technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_studies" title="Black studies">Black studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Black school">Black schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">Historically black colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_inventors_and_scientists" title="List of African-American inventors and scientists">Inventors and scientists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_focused_on_African_Americans" title="List of museums focused on African Americans">Museums</a></li> <li>Women <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_women_in_computer_science" title="African-American women in computer science">in computer science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_women_in_medicine" title="List of African-American women in medicine">in medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_women_in_STEM_fields" title="List of African-American women in STEM fields">in STEM fields</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religion_of_Black_Americans" title="Religion of Black Americans">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Jews" title="African-American Jews">African-American Jews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Muslims" title="African-American Muslims">Islam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Muslims" title="American Society of Muslims">American Society of Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation_of_Islam" title="Nation of Islam">Nation of Islam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_church" title="Black church">Black church</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azusa_Street_Revival" title="Azusa Street Revival">Azusa Street Revival</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hebrew_Israelites" title="Black Hebrew Israelites">Black Hebrew Israelites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_theology" title="Black theology">Black theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_of_Father_Divine" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctrine of Father Divine">Doctrine of Father Divine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Political movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_anarchism" title="Black anarchism">Anarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Back-to-Africa_movement" title="Back-to-Africa movement">Back-to-Africa movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_power" title="Black power">Black power</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_power_movement" title="Black power movement">Movement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_capitalism" title="Black capitalism">Capitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_conservatism" title="Black conservatism">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_leftism" title="African-American leftism">Leftism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pan-Africanism" title="Pan-Africanism">Pan-Africanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_populism" title="Black populism">Populism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raised_fist" title="Raised fist">Raised fist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_self-determination" title="African-American self-determination">Self-determination</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_nationalism" title="Black nationalism">Nationalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_socialism" title="African-American socialism">Socialism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Civic and economic<br />groups</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_the_Study_of_African_American_Life_and_History" title="Association for the Study of African American Life and History">Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_Party" title="Black Panther Party">Black Panther Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Racial_Equality" title="Congress of Racial Equality">Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Student_Movement" title="Nashville Student Movement">Nashville Student Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Black_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="National Black Chamber of Commerce">National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Negro_Women" title="National Council of Negro Women">National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Pan-Hellenic_Council" title="National Pan-Hellenic Council">National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Urban_League" title="National Urban League">National Urban League (NUL)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference" title="Southern Christian Leadership Conference">Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee" title="Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee">Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall_College_Fund" title="Thurgood Marshall College Fund">Thurgood Marshall College Fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNCF" title="UNCF">United Negro College Fund (UNCF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Negro_Improvement_Association_and_African_Communities_League" title="Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League">Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_color_line" title="Baseball color line">Baseball color line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_players_in_professional_American_football" title="Black players in professional American football">Black players in professional American football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_black_starting_NFL_quarterbacks" title="List of black starting NFL quarterbacks">Black NFL quarterbacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_players_in_ice_hockey" title="Black players in ice hockey">Black players in ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Ashe" title="Arthur Ashe">Arthur Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis" title="Joe Louis">Joe Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Serena Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Athletic associations<br />and conferences</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">Central (CIAA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">Mid-Eastern (MEAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern (SIAC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">Southwestern (SWAC)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Ethnic subdivisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>By African descent <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fula_Americans" title="Fula Americans">Fula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullah" title="Gullah">Gullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_Americans" title="Igbo Americans">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_Americans" title="Yoruba Americans">Yoruba</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Creole_people" title="Alabama Creole people">Alabama Creole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Indians_in_the_United_States" title="Black Indians in the United States">Black Indians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Seminoles" title="Black Seminoles">Black Seminoles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_freedmen_controversy" title="Cherokee freedmen controversy">Cherokee freedmen controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choctaw_freedmen" title="Choctaw freedmen">Choctaw freedmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creek_Freedmen" title="Creek Freedmen">Creek Freedmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Southerners" title="Black Southerners">Black Southerners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaxican" title="Blaxican">Blaxicans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_maroons" title="Great Dismal Swamp maroons">Great Dismal Swamp maroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people" title="Louisiana Creole people">Louisiana Creole</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Creoles_of_color" title="Creoles of color">of color</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melungeon" title="Melungeon">Melungeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_neighborhood" title="African-American neighborhood">Neighborhoods</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_neighborhoods" title="List of African-American neighborhoods">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_large_Black_populations" title="List of U.S. cities with large Black populations">U.S. cities with large populations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._communities_with_African-American_majority_populations_in_2000" title="List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000">2000 majorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._communities_with_African-American_majority_populations_in_2010" title="List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2010">2010 majorities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_areas_with_large_African-American_populations" title="List of U.S. metropolitan areas with large African-American populations">Metropolitan areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_African-American_population" title="List of U.S. states and territories by African-American population">States and territories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">Languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Seminole_Creole" title="Afro-Seminole Creole">Afro-Seminole Creole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">American Sign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_American_Sign_Language" title="Black American Sign Language">Black American Sign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_English" title="African-American English">African-American English</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English" title="African-American Vernacular English">African-American Vernacular English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English_and_social_context" title="African-American Vernacular English and social context">social context</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gullah_language" title="Gullah language">Gullah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Creole" title="Louisiana Creole">Louisiana Creole</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%">By state/city</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Alabama" title="African Americans in Alabama">Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Arkansas" title="African Americans in Arkansas">Arkansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_California" title="African Americans in California">California</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Los_Angeles" title="History of African Americans in Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_San_Francisco" title="African Americans in San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Cleveland" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Cleveland">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Florida" title="African Americans in Florida">Florida</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Jacksonville" title="History of African Americans in Jacksonville">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tallahassee,_Florida#Black_history" title="History of Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Georgia" title="African Americans in Georgia">Georgia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Atlanta" title="African Americans in Atlanta">Atlanta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Africans_in_Hawaii" title="Africans in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Illinois" title="African Americans in Illinois">Illinois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Chicago" title="History of African Americans in Chicago">Chicago</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in Iowa">Iowa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Davenport,_Iowa" title="African Americans in Davenport, Iowa">Davenport</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="History of African Americans in Kansas">Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Kentucky" title="History of African Americans in Kentucky">Kentucky</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African-American_neighborhoods_in_Lexington,_Kentucky" title="African-American neighborhoods in Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Louisiana" title="African Americans in Louisiana">Louisiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Maryland" title="African Americans in Maryland">Maryland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Baltimore" title="History of African Americans in Baltimore">Baltimore</a></li></ul></li> <li>Massachusetts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Boston" title="History of African Americans in Boston">Boston</a></li></ul></li> <li>Michigan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Detroit" title="History of African Americans in Detroit">Detroit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Mississippi" title="African Americans in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_American_history_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="African American history of Nebraska">Nebraska</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Omaha,_Nebraska" title="African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_New_Jersey" title="African Americans in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="African Americans in New York">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_New_York_City" title="African Americans in New York City">New York City</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_North_Carolina" title="African Americans in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Ohio" title="African Americans in Ohio">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Oklahoma" title="African Americans in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Oregon" title="African Americans in Oregon">Oregon</a></li> <li>Pennsylvania <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Philadelphia" title="History of African Americans in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro%E2%80%93Puerto_Ricans" title="Afro–Puerto Ricans">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Carolina" title="African Americans in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_South_Dakota" title="African Americans in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Tennessee" title="African Americans in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Texas" title="History of African Americans in Texas">Texas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Austin" title="History of African Americans in Austin">Austin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Dallas%E2%80%93Fort_Worth" title="History of African Americans in Dallas–Fort Worth">Dallas–Fort Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Houston" title="History of African Americans in Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_San_Antonio" title="History of African Americans in San Antonio">San Antonio</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_African_Americans_in_Utah" title="History of African Americans in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Virginia" title="African Americans in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_West_Virginia" title="African Americans in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #d1eaeb;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/African-American_diaspora" title="African-American diaspora">Diaspora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Africa" title="African Americans in Africa">Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_Creole_people" title="Gambian Creole people">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Ghana" title="African Americans in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americo-Liberian_people" title="Americo-Liberian people">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Creole_people" title="Sierra Leone Creole people">Sierra Leone</a></li></ul></li> <li>America <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Nova_Scotians" title="Black 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