Michelle Obama in her Own Words: The Views and Values of America's First Lady

The election of Barack Obama has brought worldwide attention not only to what his policies will be, but to what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama will be. Throughout the long campaign season, Michelle Robinson Obama garnered a good amount of attention, kudos and criticism about her words, actions, even her appearance, but few people know what kind of role she will play once she settles into the White House. One clue is to examine her words and statements of the past, and the proposed book Michelle Obama In Her Own Words will show readers who are eager to learn more about America’s new history-making First Lady. Michelle Obama In Her Own Words will be a book that contains 200-250 quotations arranged in approximately 75 different categories. A short introduction and biography of the new First Lady will precede the quotes. Drawing on quotations from a variety of newspaper and magazine articles, transcripts, speeches, and TV interviews and profiles, the quotations date from Michelle’s career as a high-powered corporate lawyer in Chicago and her high-powered executive jobs in the Chicago Mayor’s office and at the University of Chicago, up through the election of November 5th, 2008. Rogak locates and organizes the funny, fascinating, inspiring (and occasionally controversial) words of our future First Lady, on topics such as: • Abortion • Affirmative Action • Balancing career and family • Barack’s safety • Being compared to Jackie Onassis • Her childhood • Her critics • Her fashion sense • Hillary Clinton • Iraq • Racism • Rev. Jeremiah Wright • Sarah Palin • Terrorism • The “elitist” tag • The Presidential campaign • The role of the First Lady • Women who have influenced her Introduction......Page 8 Michelle Robinson Obama: A Brief Biography......Page 10 The Quotes......Page 18 ON AFRICAN AMERICANS......Page 20 ON AMERICA......Page 24 ON AMERICANS......Page 25 ON BALANCING CAREER AND FAMILY......Page 26 ON BARACK AS A FATHER......Page 32 ON BARACK AS A ROCK STAR......Page 33 ON BARACK'S CHOICE OF JOE BIDEN AS VICE PRESIDENT......Page 35 ON BARACK'S COLLEAGUES......Page 36 ON BARACK'S HOUSEHOLD CHORES......Page 37 ON BARACK'S SAFETY......Page 38 ON BARACK'S SHORTCOMINGS......Page 39 ON BEING A MOTHER......Page 41 ON BEING COMPARED TO JACKIE ONASSIS......Page 42 ON HER CAREER PATH......Page 44 ON HER CHILDHOOD......Page 46 ON HER CHILDREN......Page 49 ON HER COLLEGE YEARS......Page 54 ON HER CRITICS......Page 57 ON DATING BARACK......Page 60 ON THE DECISION TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT......Page 63 ON DISAGREEMENTS WITH BARACK......Page 65 ON DIVERSITY......Page 67 ON THEIR ECONOMIC STRUGGLES......Page 68 ON HER EDUCATION......Page 69 ON THE ELITIST TAG......Page 71 ON EXERCISE......Page 72 ON HER FAMILY......Page 73 ON FAMILY TIME......Page 74 ON FAMILY VALUES......Page 75 ON HER FASHION SENSE......Page 76 ON HER FATHER......Page 79 ON FEEDING HER FAMILY......Page 80 ON FEMINISM......Page 81 ON HER "FIRST TIME I'M PROUD ABOUT AMERICA" QUOTE......Page 82 ON THE FUTURE......Page 84 ON GETTING A DOG......Page 85 ON HER GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, A SLAVE......Page 86 ON HEALTH CARE......Page 87 ON HILLARY CLINTON......Page 88 ON HER HUSBAND......Page 90 ON HER HUSBAND'S PRESIDENTIAL ABILITIES......Page 94 ON HOW HER FAMILY'S LIVES WILL CHANGE......Page 97 ON HOW SHE INFLUENCES BARACK......Page 100 ON HOW SHE MAKES DECISIONS......Page 101 ON THEIR IMAGE AS A COUPLE......Page 102 ON IRAQ......Page 103 ON LAURA BUSH......Page 104 ON HER LAW CAREER......Page 105 ON HER LEGACY......Page 107 ON LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE......Page 108 ON HER MARRIAGE......Page 109 ON THE MEDIA......Page 114 ON MEN......Page 115 ON MICHELLE AS ROCK STAR......Page 116 ON THE MILITARY......Page 117 ON HER MOTHER......Page 118 ON MOVING TO WASHINGTON......Page 119 ON MUSIC......Page 120 ON OBAMA GIRL AND BARACK'S FEMALE GROUPIES......Page 121 ON HER PARENTS......Page 122 ON HER PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY......Page 124 ON POLITICS......Page 128 ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN......Page 133 ON PUBLIC EDUCATION......Page 137 ON PUBLIC LIFE......Page 138 ON RACISM......Page 139 ON REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT......Page 141 ON THE ROLE OF FIRST LADY......Page 142 ON SARAH PALIN......Page 149 ON THE SECRET SERVICE......Page 150 ON HER SENSE OF HUMOR......Page 151 ON HER TALENTS......Page 152 ON TERRORISM......Page 153 ON WHAT DRIVES HER......Page 154 ON WHAT SHE'D LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT BARACK......Page 155 ON THE SUGGESTION THAT SHE COULD RUN FOR BARACK'S U.S. SENATE SEAT......Page 156 ON WHO SHE IS......Page 157 ON WINNING THE ELECTION......Page 162 ON WOMEN TODAY......Page 163 ON YOUNG PEOPLE......Page 164 Acknowledgments......Page 166 About the Editor......Page 168 Quotations from a variety of sources including newspaper and magazine articles, transcripts, speeches, and TV interviews and profiles. This book of quotations provides a highly readable survey of Michelle Obama's thought, words, and beliefs. In time for Mother's Day-the companion book to the New York Times bestseller Barack Obama in His Own Words