Michelle Obama

Kantor Book Kerfluffle Misses the Point: Michelle Obama Could Be This Generation's Eleanor Roosevelt

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by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

January 11, 2012 - 6:18pm (Print)

Michelle Obama is no "angry black woman." But she could be this generation’s Eleanor Roosevelt, and an angry black woman who is just as angry as her angry white, brown, yellow and red sisters because America still has hungry and homeless people; because America has too many people who want to work, but who can’t find jobs; and because America these days works for only a few of its citizens when it’s supposed to work “…for all.” 

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President and Mrs. Obama: Time to Forget Martha's Vineyard and Come Home

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by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

August 15, 2011 - 3:54pm (Print)

President and Mrs. Obama:  That power elite. If they were ever really your friends, they're now your enemies.  They've gotten what wanted and left you standing at the precipice.

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Michelle Obama and Betty Ford: How One Used Her Power and the Other Still Could

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by Rebecca Sive, The Sive Group, Inc./www.rebeccasive.com

July 12, 2011 - 11:48am (Print)

I am very grateful for Michelle Obama and Betty Ford, two American girls whose heartland families instilled such high ambitions in their daughters. But it sure would be wonderful if Michelle Obama, First Lady, were able to be like Betty Ford, First Lady, in leading courageously on women's rights.

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Michelle Obama speaks in South Africa

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The First Lady of the United States inspires young women in a speech in South Africa, June 22, 2011.
June 23, 2011 - 11:25am
The First Lady of the United States inspires young women in a speech in South Africa, June 22, 2011.
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Michele vs. Michelle: Breastfeeding Wars Rise to the Top

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by Amie Newman

February 21, 2011 - 8:01pm (Print)

What could be controversial about First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to improve infant health by promoting breastfeeding? For Rep. Michele Bachmann, everything.

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Daily Pulse: Women's Health Beyond Pink Ribbons

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

September 21, 2009 - 1:21pm (Print)

While the Senate Finance Committee tinkers with the Baucus Bill, First Lady Michelle Obama is taking center stage in the health care reform debate. But Mrs. Obama is expected to steer clear of policy issues.
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Anti-Abortion Groups Plan "Welcome" to White House for First Family

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by Wendy Norris, RH Reality Check

December 2, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Christian anti-abortion activists announced a plan to chalk the sidewalks near 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with "pro-life messages and pictures" to greet the new first family as they settle into their White House digs.
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Roundup: Common Ground, Michelle Obama and the Mommy Stamp, Television & Teen Sex

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by Amie Newman

November 26, 2008 - 11:47am (Print)

What do anti-choice leaders actually mean by "finding common ground" on prevention abortion? What kind of First Lady will Michelle Obama be? Does television cause teen sex?
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Pride and Prejudice: Discussing Michelle Obama's Body

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by Tamura Lomax, RH Reality Check

November 21, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

If Michelle Obama's body makes us proud, why not shape our enthusiasm with a critique of the status quo, which continues to treat her as an object by fragmenting her to her parts?
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Taking Stock of Women's Progress at Democratic Convention

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by Allison Stevens, Women's eNews

August 28, 2008 - 8:29am (Print)

Women who supported Hillary Clinton for president may be inclined to measure the Democratic National Convention in Denver for what it is not: a place where history will be made with the first woman at the top of a major-party presidential ticket. Yet the convention can also be used as a measure for what it is: a showcase of the progress women have made over the last century.
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