Why is First Lady Michelle Obama Important?

Answer 1

Following law school, she was an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin. she worked on marketing and intellectual property.[2] Subsequently, she held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor, and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies.[15] She worked there nearly four years and set fundraising records for the organization that still stood 12 years after she left.[12]

In 1996, she served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, where she developed the University's Community Service Center.[39] 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.[40] She continued to hold the University of Chicago Hospitals position during the primary campaign, but cut back to part time in order to spend time with her daughters as well as work for her husband's election;[41] she subsequently took a leave of absence from her job.[42] According to the couple's 2006 income tax return, her salary was $273,618 from the University of Chicago Hospitals, while her husband had a salary of $157,082 from the United States Senate. The total Obama income, however, was $991,296, which included $51,200 she earned as a member of the board of directors of TreeHouse Foods, and investments and royalties from his books.[43]

Answer 2

She is the first African-American First Lady. She is also a woman with a very inspiring personal story, who grew up in a lower-middle class family in Chicago (her father had multiple sclerosis yet he never missed a day of work); she studied hard, got good grades, and ended up going to Princeton, and then to Harvard Law School. She became a successful attorney and then a successful businesswoman and fund-raiser for charitable causes. As First Lady, she has developed a program that fights against childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating and exercise, and she has also encouraged urban gardening. The First Lady is also a very good public speaker and serves as a role model for many young women, especially young minority women.

Answer 3

because she was the 1st African American 1st lady

Answer 4

because she is the first African American first lady

Answer 5

Michelle Obama is important because she is the first african american first lady of the U.S.A.

Answer 6

she is the the first african american first lady and helps foundations constantly by volunteering her time