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Michelle Obama : first lady of hope / Elizabeth Lightfoot.

Summary:

Presents a portrait of Michelle Obama from her youth on the south side of Chicago and her education at Princeton and Harvard Law School to her relationship with Barack Obama and her views on political issues.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1599215217
  • ISBN: 9781599215211
  • Physical Description: xxx, 210 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-199) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: How This Book Came to Be v -- Introduction: Michelle Obama xxi -- Chapter 1 Taking Her Seat at the Table 1 -- Chapter 2 Ivy Years 14 -- Chapter 3 Working Toward a World as It Should Be 33 -- Chapter 4 You and I (We Can Conquer the World) 48 -- Chapter 5 This First Lady's First Job: Mom 72 -- Chapter 6 Skin as Tough as a Rhinoceros Hide 84 -- Chapter 7 Color Purple 102 -- Chapter 8 Questions of Race, Gender, and Age 114 -- Chapter 9 A New Landscape 134 -- Chapter 10 Michelle Obama Everywhere 148 -- Chapter 11 Home Stretch 156 -- Chapter 12 Crossing the Finish Line 165.
Subject:
Obama, Barack > Family.
Obama, Michelle, 1964-
African American lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
African American women lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
Lawyers > Illinois > Biography.
Legislators' spouses > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library BIO OBAMA (Text) 36015000710000 Adult Biography Available -