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A Short Biography of Michelle Obama

Author Name:

Michelle Obama

Born As:

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson

Other Names:

Born:

17 Jan 1964

Died:





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Lawyer                          
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III (1935–1991), a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain, and Marian Shields Robinson (b. July 30, 1937), a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store. Her mother was a full-time homemaker until Michelle entered high school.
First Lady of the United States, In role, January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017.                           
                                              
                                              
Following law school, Obama became an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband Barack. At the firm, she worked on marketing and intellectual property law. She continues to hold her law license, but as she no longer needs it for her work, she has kept it on a voluntary inactive status since 1993.