Michelle L. R. Obama

In her family's first generation to go to college, Obama excelled academically at Princeton and Harvard Law School. She practiced law and held leadership positions in the public sector and at the University of Chicago before entering politics to campaign for her husband's historic presidential bid. She brought her own, modern style and her sterling intellect to her role as First Lady, showing young girls across the country what was possible. She used her position to advocate for equity for women, nutrition and exercise for children, and support for military and working families. Author of Becoming (2018).