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Alabama
Alabama (
i/ˌæləˈbæmə/) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States. Alabama ranks second in the area of its inland waterways.
From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, suffered economic hardship, in part because of continued dependence on agriculture. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and technology. In addition, the establishment or expansion of multiple military installations, primarily those of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, added to state jobs.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing and crisis.
Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was subsequently acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as "The Queen's House". During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace finally became the official royal palace of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. The last major structural additions were made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the East front which contains the well-known balcony on which the Royal Family traditionally congregate to greet crowds outside. However, the palace chapel was destroyed by a German bomb in World War II; the Queen's Gallery was built on the site and opened to the public in 1962 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.
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Chicago
Chicago (
i/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion also extends into DuPage County.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008[update], the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world, ranking just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles. Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
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Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world.
The current Dean of Harvard Law School is Martha Minow, who assumed the role on July 1, 2009. Harvard Law has 246 faculty members. Many are preeminent legal scholars; Harvard Law School faculty were responsible for more downloaded papers on the Social Science Research Network than any other law school, a fact only partially explained by the school's size.
Harvard Law School has produced a large number of luminaries in law and politics including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Rutherford B. Hayes. World leaders counted among its graduates include the current President of the Republic of China, Ma Ying-jeou; former Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines, Renato Corona; the current President of the World Bank Group, Robert Zoellick; the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay; and the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. Some 149 sitting United States federal judges are Harvard Law School graduates; six of the nine sitting justices of the Supreme Court of the United States attended the law school (Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan). Seven sitting U.S. Senators graduated from the school.
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Illinois
Illinois (i/ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ IL-i-NOY) is the 25th most extensive and the 5th most populous of the 50 United States, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is a major transportation hub. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean; as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois River. For decades, O'Hare International Airport has ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.
Although the state's largest population centers today are in northern Illinois, originally the state's population grew from south to north, with settlers arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s. In 1818, Illinois achieved statehood. Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. By 1900, the growth of industrial jobs in the northern cities and coal mining in the central and southern areas attracted immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Illinois was an important manufacturing center during both world wars. The Great Migration established a large community of African Americans in Chicago that created the city's famous jazz and blues cultures.
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering. Princeton does not have schools of medicine, law, divinity, or business, but it does offer professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Architecture.
Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the College of New Jersey, the university moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896. The present-day College of New Jersey in nearby Ewing, New Jersey, is an unrelated institution. Princeton was the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies. Princeton had close ties to the Presbyterian Church, but has never been affiliated with any denomination and today imposes no religious requirements on its students.
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South Carolina
South Carolina (i/ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/) is a state in the Southeastern United States. It is bordered to the north by North Carolina; to the south and west by Georgia, located across the Savannah River; and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was originally named by King Charles II of England in honor of his father Charles I (Carolus being Latin for Charles). South Carolina was the 8th state to ratify the US Constitution and become a state which it did on May 23, 1788. South Carolina later became the first state to vote to secede from the Union which it did on December 20, 1860. It was readmitted to the United States on June 25, 1868.
South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and the 24th most populous of the 50 United States. South Carolina comprises 46 counties. The capital and largest city of the state is Columbia.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.
In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed house in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829. Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. The third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt.
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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22 [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth. She was the first Second Lady of the United States, and the second First Lady of the United States.
Adams is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John frequently sought the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. The letters serve as eyewitness accounts of the American Revolutionary War home front.
Abigail Adams was born in the North Parish Congregational Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth (née Quincy) Smith. On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincy family, a well-known political family in the Massachusetts colony. Through her mother she was a cousin of Dorothy Quincy, wife of John Hancock. Adams was also the great-granddaughter of the Rev. John Norton, founding pastor of Old Ship Church in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only remaining 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in Massachusetts.
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Abigail Fillmore
Abigail Powers Fillmore (March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1853), wife of Millard Fillmore, was First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853.
Abigail was born in Stillwater, New York, 1798, in Saratoga County, New York. She was the daughter of the Reverend Lemuel Powers, a Baptist minister, and Abigail Newland-Powers, Abigail grew up in Moravia, New York, not far from the Fillmore farm. Her father died shortly after her birth. Her mother moved the family westward, thinking her scanty funds would go further in a less settled region, and ably educated her small son and daughter beyond the usual frontier level with the help of her husband's library.
In 1819, she took a teaching post at the new academy in New Hope, where her oldest pupil was 19-year-old Millard Fillmore. The world of knowledge and Fillmore's steady progress in it drew them together, and gradually the relationship of teacher and student evolved into romantic attachment.
After a long courtship, Millard, aged 26, and Abigail, aged 27, were married on February 5, 1826, by the Reverend Orasius H. Smith at the home of the bride's brother Judge Powers in Moravia, New York. Without a honeymoon, they settled at East Aurora, New York. Mrs. Fillmore continued to teach school until the birth of her first son and maintained a lifelong interest in education. She shared her husband's love of books and helped build their personal library.
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Amber Lee Ettinger
Amber Lee Ettinger (born October 2, 1982) is an American actress, internet celebrity, and model. She first rose to fame as Obama Girl in her Internet video "I Got a Crush... on Obama", in which she expressed her admiration of then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama. The video led to numerous sketch comedy appearances and interviews on Saturday Night Live, Geraldo at Large, The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity.
A native of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, of German, Italian, Swedish and Irish ancestry, Ettinger moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology to study fashion and clothing design, having expressed hopes to create her own clothing line and other business ventures. Early in her career, Ettinger was crowned Miss NYC in the 2003 Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant, later augmenting that title with a nod as Howard Stern's Miss Howard TV in June 2007. She has also appeared in a video for The Onion News Network, as well as the music video for the John Popper Project song "Lapdance." She was also Hooters Miss Manhattan, representing them in the 2003 International Swimsuit Pageant.
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Ann Dunham
Stanley Ann Dunham (November 29, 1942 – November 7, 1995), the mother of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, was an American anthropologist who specialized in economic anthropology and rural development. Dunham was nicknamed Anna, later known as Dr. Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, and finally Ann Dunham Sutoro. Born in Wichita, Kansas, Dunham spent her childhood in California, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas and her teenage years in Mercer Island, Washington, and most of her adult life in Hawaii and Indonesia.
Dunham studied at the East–West Center and at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, where she attained a bachelor's in anthropology or mathematics and master's and Ph.D. in anthropology. Interested in craftsmanship, weaving and the role of women in cottage industries, Dunham's research focused on women's work on the island of Java and blacksmithing in Indonesia. To address the problem of poverty in rural villages, she created microcredit programs while working as a consultant for the United States Agency for International Development. Dunham was also employed by the Ford Foundation in Jakarta and she consulted with the Asian Development Bank in Pakistan. Towards the latter part of her life, she worked with Bank Rakyat Indonesia, where she helped apply her research to the largest microfinance program in the world.
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Anna Harrison
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (July 25, 1775 - February 25, 1864), wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison, was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husband's one-month term in 1841, but she never entered the White House.
Anna was born at her father's estate Solitude, just outside Morristown, New Jersey (present day Wheatsheaf Farms subdivision off Sussex Avenue in Morris Township, New Jersey ) on July 25, 1775 to Judge John Cleves Symmes and Anna Tuthill Symmes of Long Island. Her father was a Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and later became a prominent landowner in southwestern Ohio. When her mother died in 1776 her father disguised himself as a British soldier to carry her on horseback through the British lines to her grandparents on Long Island, who cared for her during the war. Her father was also a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress and the Chairman of the Sussex County Committee of Safety.
She grew up in Long Island, receiving an unusually broad education for a woman of the times. She attended Clinton Academy at Easthampton, Long Island, and the private school of Isabella Graham in New York City.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (i/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. In January 2005, Obama was sworn in as a U.S. Senator in the state of Illinois. He would hold this office until November 2008, when he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.
Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, Obama ran for the United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Illinois Democratic primary for the Senate election and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in Illinois in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In April 2011, he announced that he would be running for re-election in 2012.
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Barbara Bush
Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of the 43rd President George W. Bush and of the 43rd Governor of Florida Jeb Bush. Previously she had served as Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Barbara Pierce was born in Flushing, New York attended Rye Country Day School from 1931 to 1937, and is an alumna of Ashley Hall School in Charleston, South Carolina. She met George Herbert Walker Bush at age 16, and the two married in 1945, while he was on leave during his deployment as a Naval officer in World War II. They would have six children together. The Bush family soon moved to Midland, Texas; as George Bush entered political life, Barbara raised their children.
As wife of the Vice President and then President, Barbara Bush has supported and worked to advance the cause of universal literacy. She founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy while First Lady. Since leaving the White House, she has continued to advance this cause.
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Bess Truman
Bess Truman (née Elizabeth Virginia Wallace) (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982), was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953.
She had known her future husband since they attended the same school in Independence, Missouri. As First Lady, she did not enjoy big social events, and was relieved to quit Washington. Dying at 97, she remains the longest-lived First Lady.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace was born to David Willock Wallace (1860–1903) and his wife, the former Margaret Elizabeth Gates (1862–1952), in Independence, Missouri, and was known as Bessie during her childhood. She was the eldest of four; three brothers: Frank Gates Wallace, (4 March 1887 - 12 August 1960), George Porterfield Wallace, (1 May 1892 - 24 May 1963), David Frederick Wallace, (7 January 1900 - 30 September 1957).
Harry Truman, whose family moved to town in 1890, always kept his first impression of when he saw her at Sunday school: "Golden curls" and "the most beautiful blue eyes." A relative said, "there never was but one girl in the world" for him. They attended the same schools from fifth grade through high school.
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Betty Ford
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford (April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011), better known as Betty Ford, was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977 during the presidency of her husband Gerald Ford. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife.
Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy and was a passionate supporter of, and activist for, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Women's Movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, equal pay, the ERA, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control. She also raised awareness of addiction when she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism in the 1970s.
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Capers Funnye
Capers C. Funnye Jr. (pronounced fu-NAY; born 1952) is an African American who is the head rabbi of the mostly African-American 200 member Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation of Chicago, Illinois, as assisted by Rabbis Avraham Ben Israel and Joshua V. Salter. He is also the first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis, serves on the boards of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the American Jewish Congress of the Midwest, and is active in the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, which reaches out to black Jewish communities outside the United States, such as the Beta Israel in Ethiopia and the Igbo Jews in Nigeria. The organization was founded by Funnye in 1985 as a direct offshoot of Wentworth Arthur Matthew's Commandment Keepers. He was ordained a rabbi by the Israelite Rabbinical Academy in 1985.[dead link] In 1996, Funnye was the only official black rabbi in the Chicago area recognized by the greater Jewish community. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewish Studies and Master of Science in Human Service Administration from the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago.
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Caroline Harrison
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (October 1, 1832 – October 25, 1892), wife of Benjamin Harrison, was first lady of the United States from 1889 until her death.
Caroline Scott was born in Oxford, Ohio, the second daughter of the Reverend Dr. John Witherspoon Scott, a Presbyterian minister and professor of science and math at Miami University, and Mary Potts Neal. Although the family was not well-off, Caroline's father made sure that his children were well-educated. Wherever they lived, he always filled the house with books, art, and music. Religion, too, played a large part in his and the family's life.
In 1845, Dr. Scott, along with several other professors, were fired from their positions after a dispute with the university president, George Junkin, over slavery; Scott opposed it, Junkin supported it. After his dismissal, the entire family moved to College Hill, near Cincinnati, where Scott had accepted a job teaching chemistry and physics at Farmer's College. It was in Cincinnati that young Caroline met one of her father's students and her future husband, Benjamin Harrison. The two began a courtship that would last nearly a decade before their marriage in 1853.
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David Axelrod
David M. Axelrod (born February 22, 1955) is an American political consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. He was a top political advisor to President Bill Clinton as well as campaign advisor to President Barack Obama during Obama's successful run for Presidency. Following the 2008 election, Axelrod was appointed as Senior Advisor to Obama. Axelrod left the White House position in early 2011 to become the Communications Director for Obama's re-election campaign.
Axelrod was formerly a political writer for the Chicago Tribune. He is the founder of AKPD Message and Media, and operated ASK Public Strategies, now called ASGK Public Strategies.
Axelrod grew up in Stuyvesant Town on the East Side of Manhattan, in a Jewish-American household. He attended Public School 40 in Manhattan. Axelrod's father was a psychologist and avid baseball fan. His mother worked as a journalist at PM, a left-wing 1940s newspaper. Axelrod's parents separated when he was eight years old. Axelrod traces his political involvement back to his childhood. Describing the appeal of politics, he told the Los Angeles Times, "I got into politics because I believe in idealism. Just to be a part of this effort that seems to be rekindling the kind of idealism that I knew when I was a kid, it's a great thing to do. So I find myself getting very emotional about it." At thirteen years old, he was selling campaign buttons for Robert F. Kennedy. After graduating from New York's Stuyvesant High School in 1972, Axelrod attended the University of Chicago. He majored in political science. As an undergraduate, Axelrod wrote for the Hyde Park Herald, covering politics, and picked up an internship at the Chicago Tribune. He lost his father to suicide about the time of his graduation from college in 1977.
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Dolley Madison
Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the spouse of the fourth President of the United States, James Madison, and was First Lady of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was notable for her social gifts and helped define the role of the First Lady. Her success as a hostess contributed to increasing the popularity of Madison as president.
During the previous administration of Thomas Jefferson, a widower and their friend, she occasionally acted as First Lady for him to fulfill the ceremonial functions more usually associated with the President's wife. She also aided in the completion and furnishing the interior of the newly constructed White House.
In the past, biographers and others stated that her given name was Dorothea after her aunt, or Dorothy, and that Dolly was a nickname. But, her birth was registered with the New Garden Friends Meeting as Dolley, and her will of 1841 states "I, Dolly P. Madison". Based on manuscript evidence and the scholarship of recent biographers, Dollie, spelled with an "i", appears to have been her given name at birth. Spelling was more variable in those years. Historians have settled on using Dolley as the spelling of her given name.
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Donna Ricco
Donna Ricco is an American fashion designer who heads a company of the same name.
Ricco was born and raised in Milwaukee, and studied Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee for three years before transferring to the fashion department of neighboring Mount Mary College. After graduation, she and her business partner and future husband moved to New York City and launched the Donna Ricco label.
Over the next 20 years, the company developed into a successful dress business distributed at department stores such as Nordstrom and Macy’s as well as directly from the Donna Ricco website. Ricco designs under two labels: Donna Ricco New York, a line of dresses; and Donna Ricco Collection, a higher-end line of dresses and separates. Ricco's dresses acquired a reputation for affordable fashion.
In June 2008 Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama wore an off the rack Donna Ricco dress while co-hosting the TV program The View. This selection attracted attention from the non-fashion news media, garnering the designer a degree of fame (and a sudden surge in sales).
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Edith Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909.
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Carow (1825–1883), a merchant, and the former Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler (1836–1895) and a granddaughter of Daniel Tyler who was a general in the American Civil War, Edith grew up next door to Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt in New York and was best friends with his younger sister Corinne. She was T.R.'s first real playmate outside his immediate family.
She and her sister Emily Tyler Carow (1865–1939) were brought up in an environment of comfort and tradition. An infant brother, Kermit (b. February 1860; d. August 1860) died one year before her birth.
At Miss Comstock's school, Edith acquired the proper finishing touch for a young lady of that era. A quiet girl who loved books, she was often T.R.'s companion for summer outings at Oyster Bay, Long Island; but this ended when he entered Harvard College. Although she attended his wedding to Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (/ˈɛlɨnɔr ˈroʊzəvɛlt/; October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international author, speaker, politician, and activist for the New Deal coalition. She worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women.
In the 1940s, Roosevelt was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. Roosevelt founded the UN Association of the United States in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945 and 1952, a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the United States Senate. During her time at the United Nations she chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the "First Lady of the World" in tribute to her human rights achievements.
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Elizabeth Monroe
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (June 30, 1768 – September 23, 1830) was First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825, as the wife of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, who held the office for two terms.
Born in New York in 1768, Elizabeth was the daughter of Lawrence Kortright, an officer in the British army who had made a fortune privateering during the French and Indian War, and Hannah Aspinwall. She acquired social grace and elegance at an early age. A gown in the collection of the James Monroe Museum indicates she was a petite woman, not taller than 5 feet. She first caught Monroe's attention in 1785 while he was in New York serving as a member of the Continental Congress. James, age twenty-seven, married Elizabeth, age seventeen, on February 16, 1786, in New York City. After a brief honeymoon on Long Island, the newlyweds returned to New York to live with her father until Congress adjourned.Their first child, Eliza, was born in late 1786 or early 1787 in Virginia.
In 1794, James was appointed United States Minister to France by President George Washington. In Paris, as wife of the American Minister during the Reign of Terror, she helped secure the release of Madame La Fayette, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette when she learned of her imprisonment and threatened death by guillotine. The Monroes also provided support and shelter to the American citizen Thomas Paine in Paris, after he was arrested for his opposition to the execution of Louis XVI. While in France, the Monroes' daughter Eliza became friends with Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon, and both girls received their education in the school of Madame Jeanne Campan, who had been an advisor on court etiquette to Marie Antoinette. This association led to a friendship between the family of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Monroes.
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Ellen Axson Wilson
Ellen Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914), first wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death.
Born Ellen Louise Axson in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Samuel Edward Axson, a Presbyterian minister, and Margaret Jane (née Hoyt) Axson, Ellen was a lady of refined tastes with a fondness for art, music and literature.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson first saw her when he was about three and she was only a baby. In April 1883, Woodrow visited his cousin Jesse Woodrow Wilson in Rome, Georgia and met Ellen again—she was now keeping house for her widowed father. He thought, "what splendid laughing eyes!"[citation needed]. They were engaged five months later but postponed the wedding, while he did postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and she nursed her ailing father.
Wilson, aged 28, married Ellen, aged 25, on June 24, 1885, at the home of the bride's paternal grandfather in Savannah, Georgia. The wedding was performed jointly by his father, the Reverend Joseph R. Wilson, and her grandfather, the Reverend Isaac Stockton Keith Axson. They honeymooned at Waynesville, a mountain resort in western North Carolina.
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Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (
/dɨˈdʒɛnərəs/; born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award. She was a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process. She has won thirteen Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts.
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Emily Donelson
Emily Donelson (June 1, 1807 – December 19, 1836) was the niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson. She served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady of the United States. Born on June 1st, 1908, her father was John Donelson the brother of her aunt, Rachel Donelson. Emily married her cousin, A.J Donelson on September 16, 1824. After her aunt's divorce with Lewis Robards in 1773 and marriage with military fighter, Andrew Jackson on 1741. Her big problem with not creating a legal divorce, having to separate from Jackson, legally divorced Mr. Robards, and remarried Jackson on 1794. At that point the problem was solved, but during the election of 1828, Republicans and supporters to John Quincy Adams found out the whole thing, and blamed Rachel for a bigamist. Even after Emily's uncle won election, 3 weeks later Rachel died of a deadly heart attack. Emily proudly served as hostess until the Peggy Eaton Affair took place, Emily meanly insulted the scandal's subject, Peggy Eaton, the whole thing leaded to Emily quitting job of hostess, so Ms. Donelson was replaced by Sarah Yorke Jackson. Suffering with tuberculosis during working as hostess, she stayed at her mothers house until Emily's died on December 19, 1836 of her tuberculosis.
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Florence Harding
Florence Mabel Kling "Flossie" Harding (previously DeWolfe; August 15, 1860, Marion, Ohio – November 21, 1924), wife of President Warren G. Harding, was the First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
She married the somewhat-younger Harding when he was a newspaper publisher in Ohio, and she was acknowledged as the brains behind the business. Known as The Duchess, she adapted well to the White House, where she gave notably elegant parties.
She was born Florence Kling, the daughter of Amos Kling, a prominent Marion, Ohio banker, and Louisa Bouton Kling.
Pregnant at age 19, Florence eloped with Henry "Pete" Athenton DeWolfe, her childhood friend and neighbor, in 1880. To date, scholastic researchers have been unable to locate official documentation or a legal marriage license for the couple, leading to the belief that DeWolfe and Harding were never civilly married, but instead declared common law marriage as allowed at the time in Ohio. DeWolfe proved a spendthrift and a heavy drinker. Shortly after the birth of their son Marshall Eugene DeWolfe (also known as Marshall Eugene Kling) in 1880, Florence left her husband and returned to Marion. She divorced DeWolfe in 1886 and resumed her maiden name; he died in 1894 at age 35.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. As the first person appointed to the vice-presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment (after Spiro Agnew had resigned), when he became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, he became the only President of the United States who was never elected President nor Vice-President by the Electoral College. Before ascending to the vice-presidency, Ford served nearly 25 years as the Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district, eight of them as the Republican Minority Leader.
As President, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. Domestically, Ford presided over arguably the weakest economy since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure. One of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's incumbency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President. In 1976, Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination, but lost the presidential election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.
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Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007, becoming the longest-serving holder of that office in modern history. Brown has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, for Dunfermline East until 2005, and currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
Brown became Prime Minister on 27 June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming Leader of the governing Labour Party. His tenure ended on 11 May 2010, when he resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown was one of only three people to serve in the Cabinet continuously from Labour's victory in 1997 until its defeat in 2010, the others being Jack Straw and Alistair Darling.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a lecturer at a further education college and a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also held the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
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Grace Coolidge
Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.
She contributed greatly to her husband's rise to office, balancing his natural shyness with her own outgoing style, though he never discussed politics with her. She proved an exceptionally popular White House hostess.
Born in Burlington, Vermont, the only child of Andrew Issaclar Goodhue (1848–1923), a mechanical engineer and steamboat inspector, and Lemira Barrett Goodhue (1849–1929), Grace graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902, where she was a founding member of the Beta chapter of Pi Beta Phi sorority. She then joined the faculty of the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts, as a lip reading instructor.
While watering flowers outside the school one day in 1903, she happened to look up at the open window of Robert N. Weir's boardinghouse and caught a glimpse of Calvin Coolidge shaving in front of a mirror with nothing on but long underwear and a hat. She burst out laughing at the sight; he heard the noise and turned to look at her. It was their first meeting. After a more formal introduction sometime later, the two were quickly attracted to each other.
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Harriet Lane
Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903), niece of lifelong bachelor United States President James Buchanan, acted as First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861. She was one of the few women to hold the position of First Lady while not being married to the President.
Harriet Lane's family was from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest child of Elliott Tole Lane, a merchant, and Jane Ann Buchanan Lane. An orphan after the death of her father when she was 11 years old (her mother had died two years earlier), she requested that her favorite uncle, James Buchanan, be appointed her legal guardian. Buchanan, an unmarried Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, indulged his niece and her sister, enrolling them in boarding schools in Charleston, Virginia (later West Virginia), and then for two years at the Academy of the Visitation Convent in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. By this time, Buchanan was Secretary of State, and he introduced her to fashionable circles as he had promised.
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Helen Herron Taft
Helen Louise Herron "Nellie" Taft (June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943) was the wife of William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the fourth child of Judge John Williamson Herron (1827–1912), a law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, and Harriet Collins (1833–1902), Nellie graduated from the Cincinnati College of Music and taught school briefly before her marriage. With her parents, she attended the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebration of President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes at the White House in 1877. Her grandfather, Ela Collins and uncle William Collins were both members of Congress.
Two years later, she met William Howard Taft at a bobsledding party in Cincinnati; he was 22 years old, she was 18. He asked her out for the first time in February 1880, but they did not date regularly until 1882. He proposed in April 1885, and she accepted in May.
Taft married Nellie on June 19, 1886, at the home of the bride's parents in Cincinnati. The wedding was performed by the Reverend D.N.A. Hoge of Zanesville, Ohio. Taft's younger brother Horace Taft was best man. The couple honeymooned one day in New York City and four days at Sea Bright, New Jersey, before setting off on a three-month tour of Europe.
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Ida Saxton McKinley
Ida Saxton McKinley (June 8, 1847 – May 26, 1907), wife of William McKinley, was First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901.
Ida was born in Canton, Ohio, the elder daughter of James Saxton, prominent Canton banker, and Katherine DeWalt. Her grandfather, John Saxton, in 1815 founded The Repository, the city's first and now its only newspaper. A graduate of Brook Hall Seminary, a finishing school in Media, Pennsylvania, Ida was refined, charming, and strikingly attractive when she met William "Bill" McKinley at a picnic in 1867. They did not begin courting until after she returned from a European tour in 1869. While single, she worked for a time as a cashier in her father's bank, a position then usually reserved for men.
William McKinley, aged 27, married Ida Saxton, aged 23, on January 25th, 1871, at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton, then still under construction. Following the wedding, performed by the Reverend E. Buckingham and the Reverend Dr. Endsley, the couple attended a reception at the home of the bride's parents and left on an eastern wedding trip.
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Isabel Toledo
Isabel Toledo (born April 9, 1961) is a Cuban-American fashion designer based in New York.
Isabel Toledo was born in Cuba and moved to New Jersey where she attended high school and met her future husband and collaborator, Ruben Toledo. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (NY) and Parsons School of Design (NY) where she studied painting, ceramics, and fashion design. An avid seamstress from a young age, Toledo's work reflects not only a distinct design sense but a keen understanding of garment construction and appreciation for the geometric intricacies of pattern shapes.
In 1984, Toledo married artist Ruben Toledo.
In 1985, Toledo presented her first collection. In 1998, she stopped presenting biannual collections, instead choosing to create on her own schedule. Toledo was named creative director of Anne Klein in 2006 after more than twenty years of working solely under her own name. Toledo made her debut with Anne Klein at New York Fashion Week in February 2007. Toledo and Anne Klein parted ways later in 2007.
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Jackie Norris
Jackie Norris (born 1970) is the current Executive Director of the Corporate Institute branch of the Points of Light Institute. She was born in New York and received her undergraduate education at SUNY College at Geneseo, and then a Masters in Political Science from Iowa State University in 2008.
As the Executive Director she oversees all efforts including the Corporate Service Council, business memberships, the CVC Advisory Group, skill-based volunteer programs and new corporate offerings & campaigns such as A Billion + Change. Norris leads the corporate strategy and employee engagement programs. She is based in the Washington, D.C. office and reports to the Civic Incubator. Currently, she also works as an adjunct professor at American University, also in Washington, D.C.
Previously, she was President Barack Obama's Iowa State Director during the 2008 presidential election. Norris served as First Lady Michelle Obama's Chief of Staff during the early months of the Obama presidency. On June 4, 2009, the White House announced that Norris had been appointed to the Corporation for National and Community Service, and that Susan Sher replaced Norris as the First Lady's Chief of Staff. Jackie helped to develop a strategic plan to address the issues the First Lady is involved with including healthy eating, national service, military family and women in the workplace. Jackie has served as a trusted advisor to various political candidates and most recently led a swing-state victory in the 2008 presidential campaign as the Iowa State Director.
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Jane Irwin Harrison
Jane Irwin Harrison (Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1804–May 11, 1846), wife of William Henry Harrison, Jr., and daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States. Her grandfather was James Ramsey, who owned Millmont Farm at Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
President Harrison's wife, Anna Harrison, was too ill to travel when her husband left Ohio for his inauguration. William Henry Harrison, Jr. died in 1838, but assisted by her aunt, Jane Irwin Findlay (her father's sister, who was then seventy-three), Jane Irwin Harrison acted as official hostess during President Harrison's brief tenure in office, which lasted for 32 days in 1841.
Her sister, Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (1810-1850), married John Scott Harrison in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1831—another son of William Henry Harrison—and was mother of US President Benjamin Harrison.
Jane Irwin Harrison died May 11, 1846 at age 41.
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Jane Pierce
Jane Means Appleton Pierce (March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863), wife of U.S. President Franklin Pierce, was First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857.
Born in Hampton, New Hampshire, the daughter of Reverend Jesse Appleton, a Congregationalist minister, and Elizabeth Means-Appleton, Jane was a petite, frail, shy, melancholy figure. After the death of her father, who had served as president of Bowdoin College not long before Franklin enrolled there, she at age 13 moved into the mansion of her wealthy maternal grandparents in Amherst.
How she met Pierce, a young lawyer with political ambitions, is unknown, but her brother-in-law Alpheus S. Packard was one of Pierce's instructors at Bowdoin. Franklin, aged almost 30, married Jane, aged 28, on November 19, 1834, at the home of the bride's maternal grandparents in Amherst, New Hampshire. Theirs was a small wedding, conducted by a brother-in-law of Jane, the Reverend Silas Aiken. The couple honeymooned six days at the boardinghouse of Sophia Southurt near Washington, D.C..
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Jason Wu
Jason Wu (Chinese: 吳季剛; pinyin: Wú Jìgāngg; Wade–Giles: Wú Chì-Kāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Kùi-Kong; born September 27, 1982) is a Manhattan-based Taiwanese Canadian fashion designer.
Born in Taiwan, Wu moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at age nine and attended Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Massachusetts and Loomis Chaffee, in Windsor, Connecticut. He learned how to sew by designing and sewing for dolls, and went on to study sculpture in Tokyo. Wu continued this career path at sixteen by learning to create freelance doll clothing designs for toy company Integrity Toys under the lines "Jason Wu dolls" and later "Fashion Royalty". The following year, he was named creative director of Integrity Toys. He decided to become a fashion designer while spending his senior year of high school in Rennes before graduating from The Loomis Chaffee School in 2001, and studied at the Parsons The New School for Design at The New School. He later interned with Narciso Rodriguez.
Wu launched his ready-to-wear line of clothes with earnings from his years of doll designs. His first full collection debuted in 2006 and won the Fashion Group International's Rising Star award in 2008. Jason Wu's dresses were photographed underwater by Howard Schatz for Delta Faucet Company's Brizo branded faucet campaign in 2006. In 2008 he was nominated for the Vogue Fashion Fund award.Bruce Weber shot the designer for W magazine's "Summer Camp" portfolio last July.
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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted "the most important black leader".
Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, to Helen Burns, a 16-year-old single mother. His biological father, Noah Louis Robinson, a former professional boxer and a prominent figure in the community, was married to another woman when Jesse was born. He was not involved in his son's life, and died January 28, 1997 in Greenville, S.C. In 1943, two years after Jesse's birth, his mother married Charles Henry Jackson, who would adopt Jesse 14 years later. Jesse went on to take the surname of his stepfather.
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Jill Biden
Jill Tracy Biden (née Jacobs, previously Stevenson; born June 5, 1951) is an American educator and, as the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is the Second Lady of the United States.
She was born in Hammonton, New Jersey and grew up in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. She married Joe Biden in 1977 and became stepmother to his two young sons from his first marriage, Beau and Hunter, whose mother and baby sister died in a car accident. Joe and Jill Biden have a daughter, Ashley, born in 1981.
Jill Biden has a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware, master's degrees from West Chester University and Villanova University and a doctoral degree from the University of Delaware. She taught English and reading in high schools for 13 years, and also taught adolescents with emotional disabilities at a psychiatric hospital. From 1993 to 2008, she was an English and writing instructor at Delaware Technical & Community College. Since 2009, she has been a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College and is thought to be the first Second Lady to hold a paying job while her husband is Vice President. She is the founder of the Biden Breast Health Initiative non-profit organization, co-founded the Book Buddies program, and is active in Delaware Boots on the Ground.
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Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from Delaware from January 3, 1973 until his resignation on January 15, 2009, following his election to the Vice Presidency.
Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lived there for ten years before moving to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969, and was elected to a county council in 1970. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He was re-elected to the Senate six times, was the fourth most senior senator at the time of his resignation, and is the 15th-longest serving Senator in history. Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. His strong advocacy helped bring about U.S. military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991. He voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002, but later proposed resolutions to alter U.S. strategy there. He has also served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties, and led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
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Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central.
Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It. He has also had several film roles as an actor. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-executive-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, resulting in his sixteen Emmy Awards.
Stewart has gained acclaim as an acerbic, satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the US media networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004 and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race released in 2010.
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Julia Gardiner Tyler
Julia Gardiner Tyler (May 4, 1820 or July 29, 1820 – July 10, 1889) was the second wife of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, and served as First Lady of the United States from June 26, 1844, to March 4, 1845.
Julia Gardiner Tyler was born in 1820 on Gardiner's Island off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. She was the daughter of Juliana McLachlan-Gardiner and David Gardiner, a prominent landowner and New York State Senator from 1824 to 1828. Julia was raised in the New York town of East Hampton as well as in the small hamlet of Bay Shore, Long Island. At the age of 19, she shocked polite society by posing for a department store advertisement that billed her as the "Rose of Long Island".
In early 1842, Julia was introduced to US President John Tyler at a White House reception. They began seeing each other in January 1843 a few months after the death of First Lady Letitia Tyler.
Julia, her sister Margaret, and her father joined a presidential excursion on the new steam frigate Princeton. David Gardiner, along with a number of others, lost his life in the explosion of a huge naval gun. Tyler comforted Julia in her grief and won her consent to a secret engagement, proposing in 1843 at the George Washington Ball. Because of the circumstances surrounding her father's death, the couple agreed to marry with a minimum of celebration. Thus on June 26, 1844, the president slipped into New York City, where the nuptials were performed by the Right Reverend Benjamin Treadwell Onderdonk, fourth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, at the Church of the Ascension. President Tyler was aged 54; Julia just 24.
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Julia Grant
Julia Boggs Dent Grant (January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902), was the wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877.
Born Julia Boggs Dent at White Haven plantation west of St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Colonel Frederick Dent, a slaveholding planter and merchant, and Ellen Wrenshall-Dent, Julia was rather plain in appearance[citation needed] and squinted through crossed eyes. In memoirs prepared late in life—unpublished until 1975—she pictured her girlhood as an idyll: "one long summer of sunshine, flowers, and smiles".
She attended the Misses Mauros' boarding school in St. Louis for seven years among the daughters of other affluent parents. She excelled in art and voice. A social favorite in that circle, she met "Ulys" at her home, where her family welcomed him as a West Point classmate of her brother Frederick; soon she felt lonely without him, dreamed of him, and agreed to wear his West Point ring.
Grant proposed several times before Julia finally accepted. When she did, they were sitting on the front steps of her beloved childhood home, a picturesque plantation called White Haven. In 1844 the couple embarked on a four-year engagement, delayed by the Mexican-American War, during which they saw each other only once.
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Julianna Smoot
Julianna Smoot is the Deputy Manager of Barack Obama's 2012 presidential reelection campaign, having previously served as White House Social Secretary, Deputy Assistant to the President., and Chief of Staff to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Smoot previously served as a professional fundraiser for the Democratic Party. She was the national finance director for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Under Smoot's direction, the campaign raised $32.5 million during the second quarter of 2007 and by election day, more money than any campaign in American history. She was named Social Secretary after her predecessor, Desiree Rogers resigned on February 26, 2010.
Smoot was born in North Carolina. She graduated from Smith College in 1989. Smoot served as finance director for then Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle and as finance director for Senator John Edwards's Senate race in 1998. She has also held positions with Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois and Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.
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Katie Couric
Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and author. She serves as special correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials. Starting on September 6, 2012, she will host Katie, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. She has anchored the CBS Evening News, reported for 60 Minutes, and hosted Today and reported for Dateline NBC. She was the first solo female anchor of a weekday evening news program on one of the three traditional USA broadcast networks. Couric's first book, The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives was a New York Times best-seller.
As of May 2012, Couric also has a web show for ABC News, entitled Katie's Take, airing weekly on Yahoo.
Couric was born in Arlington, Virginia, the daughter of Elinor Tullie (née Hene), a homemaker and part-time writer, and John Martin Couric Jr., a public relations executive and news editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the United Press in Washington, D.C. Her mother was Jewish, but Couric was raised Presbyterian. Couric's maternal grandparents, Bert Hene and Clara L. Froshin, were the children of Jewish immigrants from Germany. In a report for Today, she traced her paternal ancestry back to a French orphan who immigrated to the U.S. in the nineteenth century and became a broker in the cotton business.
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Lady Bird Johnson
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States (1963-69) during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notably well educated for her time, she proved a capable manager and a shrewd investor. After marrying LBJ in 1934, when he was a political hopeful in Austin, Texas, she used a modest inheritance to bankroll his congressional campaign, and then ran his office while he was serving in the Navy. Next, she bought a radio station and then a TV station, which would soon make them millionaires. As First Lady, she broke new ground by liaising directly with Congress, employing her own press secretary, and making a solo electioneering tour.
Johnson was a lifelong advocate for beautifying the nation's cities and highways ("Where flowers bloom, so does hope") and the Highway Beautification Act was informally known as Lady Bird's Bill. She was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honors.
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Larry King
Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards. He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985-2010, he hosted the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN.
King was born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, New York City, to an Austrian immigrant Edward Zeiger, a restaurant owner and defense plant worker, and his wife Jennie Gitlitz, a garment worker, who emigrated from Belarus. King grew up in a religiously observant Jewish home, but in adulthood became an agnostic.
King's father died at 44 of heart disease, and his mother had to go on welfare to support her two sons. His father's death greatly affected King, and he lost interest in school. After graduating from high school, he worked to help support his mother. From an early age, however, he had wanted to go into radio. King is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. She was the First Lady from January 20, 2001, to January 20, 2009. She graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in education and soon took a job as a second grade teacher. After attaining her Master's degree in Library Science at the University of Texas at Austin, she was employed as a librarian. She met George Walker Bush in 1977, and they were married later that year. The couple had twin daughters in 1981.
Bush's political involvement began with her marriage. She campaigned during her husband's unsuccessful 1978 run for the United States Congress and later his successful Texas gubernatorial campaign. As First Lady of Texas, Bush implemented many initiatives focused on health, education, and literacy. In 1999, she aided her husband in campaigning for the presidency in a number of ways, most notably delivering a keynote address at the 2000 Republican National Convention, which gained her national attention. She became first lady after her husband defeated Democrat Al Gore in the 2000 election.
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Lolo Soetoro
Lolo Soetoro, also known as Lolo Soetoro Mangunharjo or Mangundikardjo, (EYD: Lolo Sutoro) (pronounced [ˈlɒlɒ suːˈtɒrɒː]; January 2, 1935− March 2, 1987) was the Indonesian stepfather of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.
Born in Bandung, West Java, Soetoro was the ninth of ten children of Martodihardjo, who was from Yogyakarta. Soetoro's father and eldest brother were killed during the Indonesian National Revolution, when Indonesia won independence from the Dutch, and the Dutch army burned the family's home. Soetoro fled with his mother to the countryside.
Soetoro earned his bachelor's degree in geography from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. In 1962, Soetoro, then a civilian employee of the Indonesian Army Topographic Service, obtained an East-West Center grant for graduate study in geography at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He arrived in Honolulu in September 1962 and graduated from the university with a M.A. in geography in June 1964.
After living in Seattle, Washington, with her infant son Barack from September 1961 to June 1962 while taking classes at the University of Washington, Ann Dunham returned to Honolulu and resumed her undergraduate education at the University of Hawaii in January 1963. In January 1964 she filed for divorce from her estranged husband, Barack Obama Sr., who had left Hawaii in June 1962 to pursue graduate study at Harvard University.
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Lou Henry Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was the wife of President of the United States Herbert Hoover and First Lady, 1929-1933.
Marrying her engineer husband in 1899, she travelled widely with him and became a cultivated scholar and linguist. During World War I, Mrs. Hoover helped him in providing relief for Belgian refugees. As First Lady, she oversaw construction of the presidential retreat at Rapidan Camp in Virginia. She was the first First Lady to make regular radio broadcasts to the Nation. She was president of the Girl Scouts of the USA in 1922-1925 and 1935-1937.
Lou Henry was born in Waterloo, Iowa to Charles Delano Henry, a banker, and Florence Ida Weed, his wife. Lou grew up something of a tomboy in Waterloo, Whittier, California and Monterey, California. Charles Henry took his daughter on camping trips in the hills—her greatest pleasures in her early teens. Lou became a fine horsewoman; she hunted, and preserved specimens with the skill of a taxidermist; she developed an enthusiasm for rocks, minerals, and mining. She attended San Jose Normal School and in 1894 enrolled at Stanford University as the school's only female geology major. That year she met Herbert Hoover, then a senior.
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Louisa Adams
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, born Louisa Catherine Johnson (February 12, 1775 – May 15, 1852), wife of John Quincy Adams, was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
Born in London, she was the only First Lady born outside of the United States. She was the daughter of Joshua Johnson, an American merchant, and Catherine Nuth-Johnson, an Englishwoman. Her father was originally from Maryland and served as United States consul general in London after 1790. She had six sisters: Ann, Caroline, Harriet, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Adelaide, and a brother, Thomas. Louisa grew up in London and Nantes, France, where the family took refuge during the American Revolution. It was in Nantes that four-year-old Louisa first met her future husband, who at 12 was traveling through France with his father.
She again met Adams, this time in London, where her father had been appointed American consul. Adams at first showed interest in her older sister but soon settled on Louisa. John Quincy Adams, aged 30, married Louisa, aged 22, on July 26, 1797, at All Hallows Barking parish in London, England. Adams' father, John Adams, then President of the United States, overcame his initial objections to his son marrying a person born in another country and welcomed his daughter-in-law into the family.
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Lucretia Garfield
Lucretia Rudolph-Garfield (April 19, 1832 – March 14, 1918), wife of James A. Garfield, was First Lady of the United States in 1881.
Born in Hiram, Ohio, the daughter of Zebulon Rudolph, a farmer and co-founder of the Eclectic Institute at Hiram, and Arabella Mason-Rudolph, Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph was a devout member of the Churches of Christ.
She first met James Garfield in 1849 when they were classmates at Geauga Seminary in Chester, Ohio, and followed him to the Eclectic Institute, where they began dating. She was somewhat plain in appearance, but Garfield was attracted to her keen intellect and appetite for knowledge. While Garfield went on to Williams College, she taught school in Cleveland, Ohio and Bayou, Ohio. They had planned to marry on his graduation in 1856, but decided to postpone the wedding for a couple of years until he was earning more money.
Both James and Crete were 26-years when they married on November 11, 1858 at the home of the bride's parents in Hiram. Although both were members of the churches of Christ, the nuptials were performed by Henry Hitchcock, a Presbyterian minister. The newlyweds did not take a honeymoon but instead set up housekeeping immediately in Hiram.
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Lucy Webb Hayes
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (28 August 1831 – 25 June 1889) was a First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Historians have christened her "Lemonade Lucy" due to her staunch support of the temperance movement; however, contrary to popular belief, she was never referred to by that nickname while living, and it was her husband who banned alcohol from the White House.
Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, the daughter of James Webb, a doctor, and Maria Cook-Webb, Lucy was descended from seven veterans of the American Revolution. Her father died when she was a child. With her mother, she moved to Ohio where in 1847 she met Rutherford B. Hayes. Later that year, she enrolled at Wesleyan Women’s College (now Ohio Wesleyan University) (class of 1850); she was the first first lady to have graduated from college and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Hayes was by this time practicing law in Cincinnati, and the two began dating seriously. He proposed in June 1851.
Rutherford Hayes, aged 30, married Lucy Webb, aged 21, on December 30, 1852, at the home of the bride’s mother in Cincinnati, Ohio. After the wedding, performed by Dr. L.D. McCabe of Delaware, the couple honeymooned at the home of the groom’s sister and brother-in-law in Columbus, Ohio.
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Madelyn Dunham
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham ( /ˈdʌnəm/ DUN-əm; October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was the American maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States of America. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu, Hawaii apartment, where on November 2, 2008, she died two days before her grandson was elected President.
Madelyn Lee Payne was born in Peru, Kansas, the eldest of four children of Rolla Charles "R.C." Payne (August 23, 1892 – October 15, 1968) and Leona Belle (McCurry) Payne (May 7, 1897 – March 22, 1968). In Barack Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father, he describes them as "stern Methodist parents who did not believe in drinking, playing cards or dancing." She moved with her parents to Augusta, Kansas at the age of three. Madelyn was an honor roll student and one of the best students at Augusta High School, where she graduated in 1940. Despite her strict upbringing, she liked to go to Wichita, Kansas to see big band concerts. While in Wichita, she met Stanley Dunham from El Dorado, Kansas, and the two married on May 5, 1940, the night of Madelyn's senior prom.
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Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Mamie married Dwight Eisenhower in 1916, the young couple moved frequently between military quarters in many postings, from Panama to the Philippines. As First Lady, she entertained a wide range of foreign dignitaries, who reacted well to her confident style and splendid costumes. On leaving the White House, she made clear her disapproval of the incoming Kennedys.
Mamie Eisenhower spent her retirement and widowhood at the family farm at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Hollywood star Mamie Van Doren was so named by Universal Studios in her honor.
Born in Boone, Iowa and named, in part, after the popular song Lovely Lake Geneva, Mamie Geneva Doud was the second child born to John Sheldon Doud, a meatpacking executive, and his wife, the former Elivera Mathilde Carlson. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Denver, Colorado, and the Doud winter home in San Antonio, Texas. Her father, who retired at age 36, ran a meatpacking company founded by his father, Doud & Montgomery ("Buyers of Live Hogs"), and had investments in Illinois and Iowa stockyards. Her mother was a daughter of Swedish immigrants. She had three sisters: Eleanor Carlson Doud, Eda Mae Doud, and Mabel Frances "Mike" Doud.
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Margaret Taylor
Margaret Mackall Smith "Peggy" Taylor (September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852), wife of Zachary Taylor, was First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850.
Born in Calvert County, Maryland, on September 21, 1788, the daughter of Walter Smith, a prosperous Maryland planter and veteran officer of the American Revolution, and Ann Mackall-Smith, "Peggy" was raised amid refinement and wealth.
While visiting her sister in Kentucky in 1809, she was introduced to Lieutenant Zachary Taylor, then home on leave, by Dr. Alexander Duke.
Taylor, aged 25, married Peggy Smith, aged 21, on June 21, 1810, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Mary Chew near Louisville, Kentucky. Their marriage appears to have been a happy one. A devout Episcopalian, Mrs. Taylor prayed regularly for her soldier husband. She became somewhat reclusive because, it is said, she had promised God to give up the pleasures of society if her husband returned safely from war.
The Taylors' surviving children were:
With the rise in Taylor's political career, she literally prayed for his defeat, for she dreaded the personal consequences of his becoming president. By the time she became First Lady, the hardships of following her husband from fort to fort and the birth of several children had taken their toll. A semi-invalid, she remained in seclusion on the second floor of the White House, leaving the duties of official hostess to her daughter Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor.
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Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she was known as "Lady Washington".
Widowed at 25, Custis had had four children with her late husband; two survived to young adulthood. She brought great wealth to her second marriage with Washington, which enabled him to buy much land and many slaves to add to his personal estate. She also brought nearly 100 "dower slaves" for her use during her lifetime; they and their descendants reverted to her late husband's estate at her death and were inherited by their heirs. She and Washington did not have children but they reared two children of her late son John Custis, who died during the Revolutionary War, as well as helping both of their extended families.
Martha Dandridge was born on June 21, 1731 on her parents' plantation Chestnut Grove in the English colony, Province of Virginia. She was the oldest daughter of John Dandridge (1700–1756), a Virginia planter and English immigrant, and Frances Jones (1710–1785) of English and Welsh descent. Martha had three brothers and four sisters: John (1733–1749), William (1734–1776), Bartholomew (1737–1785), Anna Marie "Fanny" Dandridge Bassett (1739–1777), Frances (1744–1757), Elizabeth Dandridge Aylet Henley (1749–1800), and Mary Dandridge (1756–1763).
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Mary Arthur McElroy
Mary Arthur McElroy (July 5, 1841 – January 8, 1917) was the sister of 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, and served as a hostess for his administration (1881-1885). She assumed the role because Arthur's wife, Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, had died only a year and a half earlier.
Mary Arthur was born in Greenwich, New York to William and Malvina S. Arthur. She was the last of nine children. She attended the Emma Willard School Seminary in Troy, New York and later married insurance salesman John McElroy (in 1851). They lived in Albany, New York and had four children.
In November 1880, McElroy's brother Chester Arthur was elected vice president. In July 1881, President James Garfield was fatally wounded and died on September 19, 1881. Arthur succeeded him, and asked McElroy to care for his young daughter Ellen and act as "Mistress of the White House." Because she had her own family in Albany, McElroy lived in Washington, D.C. only during the busy winter social season. Although Arthur never officially granted her the protocol of a formal position, she proved to be a popular and competent hostess. The procedures she and her brother developed for the social functions were used by future First Ladies for decades.
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Mary Harrison McKee
Mary Scott Harrison McKee (April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930) was the first lady to her father President Benjamin Harrison, when her mother, Caroline Harrison, was seriously ill and then died.
She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mary Harrison married James Robert McKee, one of the founders of the General Electric company, in November 1884. They had two children, Benjamin Harrison McKee (known as Baby McKee), and Mary Lodge McKee.
Following her mother's death in October, 1892 and after her father's defeat for reelection, Mrs. McKee and the former president became estranged over his romantic involvement with her cousin, Mary Lord Dimmick, the former first lady's niece. Upon Harrison's marriage to Dimmick in 1896, Mrs. McKee and the president did not speak again. She tried to return to Indianapolis to be by his side when he died in March, 1901, but arrived several hours after his death.
She died at the age of 72 and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
She is the most recent first lady of the United States not to be the wife of a President.
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Ann (née Todd) Lincoln (December 13, 1818 – July 16, 1882) was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and was First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865.
A member of a large, wealthy Kentucky family, Mary was well educated. After living in the Todd House and a finishing school during her teens, she then moved to Springfield, Illinois and lived with her sister, Elizabeth. Mary was courted by Stephen Douglas, against whom her later husband notably debated. She and Abraham had four sons, only one of whom outlived her. Their home of about 15 years still stands in Springfield.
Lincoln suffered from headaches and other illness through much of her adult life. She supported her husband throughout his presidency, and was witness to his assassination.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Smith Todd, a banker, and Elizabeth Parker Todd, Mary was raised in comfort and refinement. When Mary was six, her mother died; her father married Elizabeth "Betsy" Humphreys Todd in 1826. Mary had a difficult relationship with her stepmother. From 1832, Mary lived in what is now known as the Mary Todd Lincoln House, an elegant 14-room residence in Lexington. From her father's two marriages, Mary had a total of 14 siblings.
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Maureen Dowd
Maureen Bridgid Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times and best-selling author. During the 1970s and the early 1980s, she worked for Time magazine and the Washington Star, where she covered news as well as sports and wrote feature articles. Dowd joined the Times in 1983 as a metropolitan reporter and eventually became an Op-Ed writer for the newspaper in 1995. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the Clinton administration.
Dowd was born the youngest of five children in Washington, D.C. Her father, Mike, worked as a D.C. police inspector while her mother, Peggy, was a homemaker. Dowd graduated from Immaculata High School in 1969. She received a B.A. in English in 1973 from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Dowd began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for the Washington Star, where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter, and feature writer. When the newspaper closed in 1981, she went to work at Time. In 1983, she joined The New York Times, initially as a metropolitan reporter. She began serving as correspondent in the Times Washington bureau in 1986.
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Mayor of Chicago
The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third largest city in the United States. He or she is charged with directing city departments and agencies, and with the advice and consent of the Chicago City Council, appoints department and agency leaders.
The Mayor appoints the Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department and Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He or she is also responsible for appointing the heads of city departments, the largest of which are the Water Management Department (formed by the consolidation of the former Water Department and Sewer Department under Richard M. Daley) and the Streets & Sanitation Department. He or she additionally appoints members to the boards of several special purpose municipalities including the Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Transit Authority, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, et al. Under Richard M. Daley, the Illinois legislature granted the mayor power to appoint the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools and subordinated the district under the mayor's authority; the district had long been an independent political field.
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Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid and delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition and healthy eating.
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Nancy Reagan
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
Nancy was born in New York City; her parents divorced soon after her birth and she grew up in Maryland, living with an aunt and uncle while her mother pursued acting jobs. As Nancy Davis, she was an actress in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s, starring in films such as Donovan's Brain, Night into Morning, and Hellcats of the Navy. In 1952 she married Ronald Reagan, who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild, and they had two children. Nancy was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975. In that capacity, she began work with the Foster Grandparents Program.
Nancy Reagan became First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's election. She was criticized early in his first term largely due to her decision to replace the White House china, despite it being paid for by private donations. Nancy restored a Kennedy-esque glamor to the White House following years of lax formality, and her interest in high-end fashion garnered much attention, as well as criticism. She championed recreational drug prevention causes by founding the "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, which was considered her major initiative as first lady. Always protective of her husband, more controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She had a strong influence on her husband and played a role in a few of his personnel and diplomatic decisions.
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Narciso Rodriguez
Narciso Rodriguez
fashion designer, New York City
One of the foremost American designers during the last two decades, Narciso Rodriguez plays a singular role in global fashion. As Anna Wintour, editor in chief of American Vogue has said, "No one but Narciso has ever made a simple line look more stunning."
In 1996, Rodriguez received international acclaim when he designed the bias-cut sheath wedding dress that his close friend Carolyn Bessette wore when she married John Kennedy, Jr.
On November 4, 2008, Narciso Rodriguez became part of a monumental event in American history. To celebrate her husband Barack Obama’s triumphant victory as the first African American president of The United States, Michelle Obama chose to wear a dress from the designer’s Spring 2009 Collection. “It was both emotional and exhilarating,” Rodriguez said. “To be part of this memorable moment in history was a great honor.”
Today, Narciso Rodriguez’s fashion house is based in New York City where he shows his women’s ready-to-wear collections.
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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world.
Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, claiming to be raped at age nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19. Her emotional ad-lib delivery eventually got her transferred to the daytime-talk-show arena, and after boosting a third-rated local Chicago talk show to first place, she launched her own production company and became internationally syndicated.
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Pat Nixon
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the wife of Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, and was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
Born in Ely, Nevada, she grew up with her two brothers in what is now Cerritos, California, graduating from high school in 1929. She attended Fullerton Junior College and later the University of Southern California. She paid for her schooling by working multiple jobs, including pharmacy manager, typist, X-ray technician, and retail clerk. In 1940, she married lawyer Richard Nixon and they had two daughters. She campaigned for her husband in his successful congressional campaigns of 1946 and 1948. Richard Nixon was elected Vice President in the Eisenhower administration, whereupon Pat undertook many missions of goodwill with her husband and gained favorable media coverage. She assisted her husband in both his unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign, and later in his successful presidential campaign of 1968.
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Rosalynn Carter
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith; August 18, 1927) is the wife of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and in that capacity served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. As First Lady and after, she has been a leading advocate for numerous causes, perhaps most prominently for mental health research. She was politically active in her White House years as her husband's closest adviser and sat in on Cabinet and policy meetings. She also served as an envoy abroad, most notably to Latin America.
Carter was born in Plains, Georgia, the eldest of the four children of Allie M. Smith (1905–2000), a dressmaker, and Wilburn Edgar Smith (1896–1940), an automobile mechanic and farmer. Her brothers were William Jerrold "Jerry" Smith (engineer, 1929–2003) and Murray Lee Smith (teacher and minister, 1932–2003) and her sister is Lillian Allethea Smith Wall (born 1936).
Her father died of leukemia when she was 13 and she helped her mother to raise her younger siblings, as well as to assist in the dressmaking business in order to meet the family's financial obligations. Carter graduated as valedictorian of Plains High School and then attended Georgia Southwestern College.
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Rose Cleveland
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (June 13, 1846 - November 22, 1918), was the First Lady of the United States from 1885 to 1886, during the first of her brother U.S. President Grover Cleveland's two administrations.
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Sarah Childress Polk
Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 – August 14, 1891) was the wife of the 11th President of the United States, James Polk, and the 12th woman to serve as First Lady.
Sarah Childress was born in 1803 to Joel Childress, a prominent planter, merchant, and land speculator, and Elizabeth Whitsitt Childress—the third of their six children. Sarah was well educated for a woman of her time and place, attending the exclusive Moravians' "female academy" at Salem, North Carolina. She was then schooled at what is now Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1817, one of the few institutions of higher learning available to women in the early 19th century.
Sarah met James Polk while both were receiving instruction from Samuel P. Black in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; he was 19, she was 12. Several years later James began courting her, and in 1823 the two became engaged. Sarah Childress, aged 20, married James Polk, aged 28, on January 1, 1824, at the plantation home of the bride's parents near Murfreesboro. The Polks had no children of their own, but raised a nephew, Marshall Tate Polk (1831–1884) as their personal ward. After her husband's death, Mrs. Polk assumed guardianship of an orphaned niece, Sarah Polk Jetton (1847–1924), and raised the girl as her own.
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Sarah Yorke Jackson
Sarah Yorke Jackson (July 16, 1803 – August 23, 1887) was the daughter-in-law of U.S. President Andrew Jackson. She served as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady of the United States from November 26, 1834 to March 4, 1837.
Sarah was born on July 16, 1803 into a wealthy family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father Peter Yorke, a sea captain and successful merchant, died in 1815. Her mother Mary Haines Yorke died during a trip to New Orleans in 1820 leaving Sarah and her two sisters orphaned. She was raised by two aunts.
Sarah married Andrew Jackson, Jr., the adopted son of Andrew Jackson, in Philadelphia on November 24, 1831. After an extended honeymoon at the White House, the new couple left for The Hermitage, Jackson's plantation in Tennessee. The couple remained at the Hermitage managing the plantation until a fire destroyed much of the main house in 1834. The couple and their two young children went to Washington to live with President Jackson at the White House. Later she was an artist for 15 years.
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Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award. He has also received two Academy Award nominations.
Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer. Lee moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York when he was a small child. (The Fort Greene neighborhood is home to Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and other Lee-owned or related businesses.) As a child, his mother nicknamed him "Spike." In Brooklyn, he attended John Dewey High School. Lee enrolled in Morehouse College where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He took film courses at Clark Atlanta University and graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication from Morehouse College. He then enrolled in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television.
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Valerie Jarrett
Valerie Bowman Jarrett (born November 14, 1956) is a senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Obama administration. She is a Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, and civic leader. Prior to that she served as a co-chairperson of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.
Jarrett was born in Shiraz, Iran to American parents James E. Bowman and Barbara Taylor Bowman. Her father, a pathologist and geneticist, ran a hospital for children in Shiraz, as part of a program where American doctors and agricultural experts sought to help jump-start developing countries' health and farming efforts. When she was five, the family moved to London for one year, returning to Chicago in 1963.
In 1966 her mother, Barbara T. Bowman, was one of four child advocates that created the Erikson Institute. The Institute was established to provide advanced knowledge in child development for teachers and other professionals working with young children.
As a child she spoke Persian and French.
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Obama, Michelle Filmography
- 2012 Healthy Cup (2012)
- 43rd NAACP Image Awards (2012)
- Bullied to Silence (2012)
- Dreams from My Real Father (2012)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012 (2012)
- The Anderson Monarchs (2012)
- The BET Honors (2012)
- US Election Night 2012 (2012)
- The 2011 Billboard Music Awards (2011)
- Obama in NC: The Path to History (2010)
- Super Chef Battle: An Iron Chef America Event (2010)
- Christmas in Washington (2010)
- The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (2010)
- How Obama Won the West (2010)
- Beyoncé's I Am... World Tour (2010)
- Closer to the Dream (2010)
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2010 (2010)
- Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special (2009)
- Convention (2009)
- Kids' Inaugural: We Are the Future (2009)
- President Obama: The Inauguration (2009)
- Secrets of the Secret Service (2009)
- Stevie Wonder: In Performance at the White House - The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize (2009)
- Woodstock: Now & Then (2009)
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)
- The National Christmas Tree Lighting (2009)
- The Neighborhood Ball: An Inauguration Celebration (2009)
- By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
- President Hollywood (2008)
- Hype: The Obama Effect (2008)
- A Mother's Promise: Barack Obama Bio Film (2008)
- Democratic National Convention (2008)
- US Election Night (2008)
- Barack Obama: The Power of Change (2008)
- Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2007)
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Michelle Obama's full DNC speech
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Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack Obama she fell in love with. -- Watch the full speech: www.washingtonpost.com -- More DNC convention video: wapo.st
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Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack Obama she fell in love with. -- Watch the full speech: www.washingtonpost.com -- More DNC convention video: wapo.st
Michelle Obama DNC Speech 2012 Complete: 'How Hard You Work' More Important Than Income
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First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC.
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First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC.
- published: 05 Sep 2012
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The Interview with First Lady Michelle Obama on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael"
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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Friday, October 19, 2012, and chatted with her about a variety of topics, from presidential debates to favorite TV shows. You can watch the interview right here. And don't miss "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: bit.ly
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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Friday, October 19, 2012, and chatted with her about a variety of topics, from presidential debates to favorite TV shows. You can watch the interview right here. And don't miss "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: bit.ly
- published: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 74514
- author: LIVEKellyandMichael
Rainer and Atticus Meet Michelle Obama at the DNC!
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Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First Lady after her spectacular speech! See all of the fun these two had at the Democratic National Convention right here.
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Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First Lady after her spectacular speech! See all of the fun these two had at the Democratic National Convention right here.
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 361672
- author: TheEllenShow
Michelle Obama attends Chicago teen's funeral
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First Lady Michelle Obama attended a funeral for 15-year-old Chicagoan Hadiya Pendleton, a victim of gang violence.
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First Lady Michelle Obama attended a funeral for 15-year-old Chicagoan Hadiya Pendleton, a victim of gang violence.
- published: 10 Feb 2013
- views: 7354
- author: CNN
First Lady Michelle Obama's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech
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Help build this campaign: OFA.BO First Lady Michelle Obama's remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention
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- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 440759
- author: BarackObamadotcom
Watch Michelle Obama Speak to the Democratic National Convention
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For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the DNC on Tuesday night, speaking in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, and talking of her own role, including self-titled "Mom-in-Chief." "I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them.' He doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above. He knows that we all love our country, and he's always ready to listen to good ideas. He's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."
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For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the DNC on Tuesday night, speaking in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, and talking of her own role, including self-titled "Mom-in-Chief." "I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them.' He doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above. He knows that we all love our country, and he's always ready to listen to good ideas. He's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 182686
- author: PBSNewsHour
"MICHELLE OBAMA" Official Video - LiL' DEBBiE & RiFF RAFF + ATL Twins
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!Buy this! itunes.apple.com BOOKING: Fazio@Moodswing360.com Produced by: GrizzLee Music Twitter: @GrizzleeMusic More Lil Debbie: bit.ly Twitter: www.twitter.com Instagram: Debbiecakes420 Feat. RiFF RAFF Cameo's : ATL Twins, Dollabillgates Check out RiFF RAFF's YouTube page: www.youtube.com
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!Buy this! itunes.apple.com BOOKING: Fazio@Moodswing360.com Produced by: GrizzLee Music Twitter: @GrizzleeMusic More Lil Debbie: bit.ly Twitter: www.twitter.com Instagram: Debbiecakes420 Feat. RiFF RAFF Cameo's : ATL Twins, Dollabillgates Check out RiFF RAFF's YouTube page: www.youtube.com
- published: 07 Nov 2012
- views: 618230
- author: LiLDebbieTV
First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Website: www.jimmykimmellive.com Channel www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Website: www.jimmykimmellive.com Channel www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com
- published: 26 Oct 2012
- views: 199386
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
First Lady on Personal Side of Husband's Policies
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Michelle Obama delivered a personal speech at the Democratic National Convention, describing the hardship that she and her husband faced growing up, which prompted the policies that President Obama has pursued. (Photo: AP)
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Michelle Obama delivered a personal speech at the Democratic National Convention, describing the hardship that she and her husband faced growing up, which prompted the policies that President Obama has pursued. (Photo: AP)
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 123175
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The First Lady on the Launch of Organizing for Action
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Say you're in for the next phase of this grassroots movement: my.barackobama.com
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Say you're in for the next phase of this grassroots movement: my.barackobama.com
- published: 18 Jan 2013
- views: 661256
- author: BarackObamadotcom
'Michelle Obama Speech' 2012 Democratic National Convention
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On Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, Michelle Obama gave one of the finest speeches ever delivered at a national political convention. michelle obama speech obama speech michelle obama speech 2012 michelle obama speech democratic national convention 2012 michelle obama michelle...
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On Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, Michelle Obama gave one of the finest speeches ever delivered at a national political convention. michelle obama speech obama speech michelle obama speech 2012 michelle obama speech democratic national convention 2012 michelle obama michelle...
- published: 05 Sep 2012
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President, Michelle Obama on Making Tough Decisions
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Part 2: Barbara Walters asks the president how being Commander in Chief affects them.
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Part 2: Barbara Walters asks the president how being Commander in Chief affects them.
- published: 27 Dec 2012
- views: 6439
- author: ABCNews
Michelle Obama speaks at the 2012 DNC (C-SPAN) - Full Speech
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (C-SPAN).
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (C-SPAN).
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 249261
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Interactive Film Workshop for Students: Beasts of the Southern Wild
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First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes 80 middle and high school students from the DC area and New Orleans to take part in an interactive student workshop with the cast and crew of the film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes 80 middle and high school students from the DC area and New Orleans to take part in an interactive student workshop with the cast and crew of the film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
- published: 13 Feb 2013
- views: 7572
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Michelle Obama at the 2008 DNC
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Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO, on August 25th, 2008.
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Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO, on August 25th, 2008.
- published: 26 Aug 2008
- views: 969040
- author: BarackObamadotcom
First Lady Michelle Obama does the "DOUGIE" with DC students
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Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Alice Dean Middle School on Tuesday as part of her "Let's Move!" campaign and a partnership with Beyoncé called "Move Your Body." The First Lady let her hair down by showing the kids that she does, indeed, know how to Dougie.
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Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Alice Dean Middle School on Tuesday as part of her "Let's Move!" campaign and a partnership with Beyoncé called "Move Your Body." The First Lady let her hair down by showing the kids that she does, indeed, know how to Dougie.
- published: 04 May 2011
- views: 4905190
- author: Kurbast
First Lady Michelle Obama in Racine, Wisconsin - 10/19/2012
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Gotta vote? Go here: OFA.BO First Lady Michelle Obama was in Wisconsin where she delivered remarks in Racine and Wausau. With three days until early voting begins in Wisconsin on Monday, October 22, the First Lady spoke about what's at stake in this election for Wisconsinites and asked them to help organize their communities between now and Election Day.
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Gotta vote? Go here: OFA.BO First Lady Michelle Obama was in Wisconsin where she delivered remarks in Racine and Wausau. With three days until early voting begins in Wisconsin on Monday, October 22, the First Lady spoke about what's at stake in this election for Wisconsinites and asked them to help organize their communities between now and Election Day.
- published: 20 Oct 2012
- views: 34634
- author: BarackObamadotcom
Michelle Obama - 2012 Democratic National Convention Video
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Help build this campaign: OFA.BO Video of First Lady Michelle Obama from the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Featuring interviews with President Obama, Craig Robinson, Marian Robinson, Valarie Jarrett, Dr. Jill Biden and more.
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Help build this campaign: OFA.BO Video of First Lady Michelle Obama from the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Featuring interviews with President Obama, Craig Robinson, Marian Robinson, Valarie Jarrett, Dr. Jill Biden and more.
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 253212
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Michelle Obama Speeches: Funding for Career Development, Childhood Obesity, Olympians (2010)
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center. Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating. en.wikipedia.org
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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center. Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating. en.wikipedia.org
- published: 19 Sep 2012
- views: 221499
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First Couple's Inaugural Dance - Obama & Michelle - a 2nd term President
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First Couple's Inaugural Dance - Obama & Michelle - as a 2nd term Presidental. Red Dress by Jason Wu Shines at
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First Couple's Inaugural Dance - Obama & Michelle - as a 2nd term Presidental. Red Dress by Jason Wu Shines at
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 3523
- author: GOLAMEA
President Obama And Michelle Dances At Inaugural Ball To Jennifer Hudson's 'Let's Stay Together'
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www.celebritygossipalley.com Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Dance at Inauguration Ball to Jennifer Hudson "Let's Stay Together"President Obama introduced his "dance partner," first lady Michelle Obama, as she emerged on stage at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball in a long red dress, saying, "she inspires me every day." They danced to "Let's Stay Together," performed by Jennifer Hudson. Obama famously sang a line from the song at an Apollo Theater fundraiser a year ago. First lady Michelle Obama wore wearing a custom ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown by Jason Wu. The was paired with a handmade diamond embellished ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald, and shoes by Jimmy Choo. At the end of the inaugural festivities, the first lady's outfit and accompanying accessories will go to the National Archives.
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www.celebritygossipalley.com Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Dance at Inauguration Ball to Jennifer Hudson "Let's Stay Together"President Obama introduced his "dance partner," first lady Michelle Obama, as she emerged on stage at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball in a long red dress, saying, "she inspires me every day." They danced to "Let's Stay Together," performed by Jennifer Hudson. Obama famously sang a line from the song at an Apollo Theater fundraiser a year ago. First lady Michelle Obama wore wearing a custom ruby-colored chiffon and velvet gown by Jason Wu. The was paired with a handmade diamond embellished ring by jewelry designer Kimberly McDonald, and shoes by Jimmy Choo. At the end of the inaugural festivities, the first lady's outfit and accompanying accessories will go to the National Archives.
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 156996
- author: CelebG Alley
Live with Kelly - Michelle Obama surprises jump rope team!
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First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team.
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First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team.
- published: 19 Jun 2012
- views: 71638
- author: GuardianUSA
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Exclusive: Full interview Michelle Obama
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- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Jessica Yellin sits down with First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother as they discuss debate prep and looking forward. Watch all of the debates LIVE at www.cnn.com/debates/ For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
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Jessica Yellin sits down with First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother as they discuss debate prep and looking forward. Watch all of the debates LIVE at www.cnn.com/debates/ For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
- published: 17 Oct 2012
- views: 12416
- author: CNN
First Lady Michelle Obama Valentine's Day 2011 Interview
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Lady O talks about President Obama, Love, Romance, Family, Health, and so much more. She keeps it real, yet with so much grace and sophistication. Please enjoy and share this video link with others!
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Lady O talks about President Obama, Love, Romance, Family, Health, and so much more. She keeps it real, yet with so much grace and sophistication. Please enjoy and share this video link with others!
- published: 13 Feb 2011
- views: 85918
- author: Mskekemichel
Michelle Obama Interview on Ann Romney 'Sisterhood,' 2012 Presidential Debate
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Cynthia McFadden interviews the first lady about the 2012 election.
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Cynthia McFadden interviews the first lady about the 2012 election.
- published: 08 Oct 2012
- views: 31477
- author: ABCNews
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Interview with Michelle Obama
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Ellen DeGeneres sits down and chats with the First Lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama.
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Ellen DeGeneres sits down and chats with the First Lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama.
- published: 18 Jun 2012
- views: 56133
- author: howieandkeyshia
Michelle Obama Interview on NBC's Today Show 10 16 12
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- Updated: 21 Jan 2013
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Michelle Obama, interviews with Katie Couric
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You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com Katie Couric speaks with Michelle Obama about her role as wife, mother, and campaigner.
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You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com Katie Couric speaks with Michelle Obama about her role as wife, mother, and campaigner.
- published: 15 Feb 2008
- views: 235046
- author: BarackObamadotcom
Michelle Obama on The View
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Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama co-hosts the view with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd.
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Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama co-hosts the view with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd.
- published: 18 Jun 2008
- views: 1884115
- author: BarackObamadotcom
Rainer and Atticus Meet Michelle Obama at the DNC!
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- Duration: 6:28
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First Lady after her spectacular speech! See all of the fun these two had at the Democratic National Convention right here.
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Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First Lady after her spectacular speech! See all of the fun these two had at the Democratic National Convention right here.
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 361672
- author: TheEllenShow
President, Michelle Obama 'The View' Interview: Barbara Walters Previews Appearance
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- Updated: 01 Jan 2013
Barbara Walters discusses the president's upcoming appearance on her daytime talk show. For more on this story, click here: abcnews.go.com
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Barbara Walters discusses the president's upcoming appearance on her daytime talk show. For more on this story, click here: abcnews.go.com
- published: 25 Sep 2012
- views: 25861
- author: ABCNews
Michelle Obama DNC Speech 2012 Complete: 'How Hard You Work' More Important Than Income
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- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC.
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First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC.
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 845302
- author: ABCNews
Michelle Obama - Extended Interview by Soledad O'Brien
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- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle speaks at length with Soledad O'Brien on topics ranging from her family to attacks on her husband as he campaigns for President. Appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.
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Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle speaks at length with Soledad O'Brien on topics ranging from her family to attacks on her husband as he campaigns for President. Appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.
- published: 02 Feb 2008
- views: 320025
- author: BarackObamadotcom
The Interview with First Lady Michelle Obama on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael"
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- Duration: 17:17
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Friday, October 19, 2012, and chatted with her about a variety of topics, from presidential debates to favorite TV shows. You can watch the interview right here. And don't miss "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: bit.ly
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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Friday, October 19, 2012, and chatted with her about a variety of topics, from presidential debates to favorite TV shows. You can watch the interview right here. And don't miss "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: bit.ly
- published: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 74514
- author: LIVEKellyandMichael
Live with Kelly - Michelle Obama surprises jump rope team!
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- Duration: 4:58
- Updated: 16 Feb 2013
First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team.
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First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team.
- published: 19 Jun 2012
- views: 71638
- author: GuardianUSA
Michelle Obama's full DNC speech
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:04
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack Obama she fell in love with. -- Watch the full speech: www.washingtonpost.com -- More DNC convention video: wapo.st
http://wn.com/Michelle_Obama's_full_DNC_speech
Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack Obama she fell in love with. -- Watch the full speech: www.washingtonpost.com -- More DNC convention video: wapo.st
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 2177035
- author: WashingtonPost
Watch Michelle Obama Speak to the Democratic National Convention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 26:40
- Updated: 16 Feb 2013
For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the DNC on Tuesday night, speaking in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, and talking of her own role, including self-titled "Mom-in-Chief." "I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them.' He doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above. He knows that we all love our country, and he's always ready to listen to good ideas. He's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."
http://wn.com/Watch_Michelle_Obama_Speak_to_the_Democratic_National_Convention
For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the DNC on Tuesday night, speaking in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, and talking of her own role, including self-titled "Mom-in-Chief." "I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them.' He doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above. He knows that we all love our country, and he's always ready to listen to good ideas. He's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 182686
- author: PBSNewsHour
Barbara Walters-Obama interview: Michelle & Barack talk about White House plans
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:54
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
President-elect,and Michelle Obama speak with Barbara Walters about their move to the White House
http://wn.com/Barbara_Walters-Obama_interview_Michelle_Barack_talk_about_White_House_plans
President-elect,and Michelle Obama speak with Barbara Walters about their move to the White House
- published: 26 Nov 2008
- views: 31388
- author: TwoEyesX
Exclusive Interview: First lady Michelle Obama says she enjoys campaigning
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:08
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Michelle Obama discusses her debate advice, spending her 20th anniversary with millions and her experience campaigning. Watch all of the debates LIVE at cnn.com/debates For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
http://wn.com/Exclusive_Interview_First_lady_Michelle_Obama_says_she_enjoys_campaigning
Michelle Obama discusses her debate advice, spending her 20th anniversary with millions and her experience campaigning. Watch all of the debates LIVE at cnn.com/debates For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
- published: 04 Oct 2012
- views: 11037
- author: CNN
Michelle Obama interview w. Larry King - 4 of 4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:27
- Updated: 17 May 2012
Michelle Obama's interview with Larry King
http://wn.com/Michelle_Obama_interview_w_Larry_King_4_of_4
Michelle Obama's interview with Larry King
- published: 09 Oct 2008
- views: 21860
- author: Damon Rexroad
Michelle Obama & Gail King Interview
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- Duration: 9:56
- Updated: 02 Jan 2013
Gail King interviews Michelle Obama
http://wn.com/Michelle_Obama_Gail_King_Interview
'Michelle Obama Speech' 2012 Democratic National Convention
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 13:49
- Updated: 15 Feb 2013
On Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, Michelle Obama gave one of the finest speeches ever delivered at a national political convention. michelle obama speech obama speech michelle obama speech 2012 michelle obama speech democratic national convention 2012 michelle obama michelle...
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On Tuesday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, Michelle Obama gave one of the finest speeches ever delivered at a national political convention. michelle obama speech obama speech michelle obama speech 2012 michelle obama speech democratic national convention 2012 michelle obama michelle...
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 450755
- author: BigSupremeDaddy
President Obama and First Lady Sit Down for Joint Interview
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
ABC News' Barbara Walters has the exclusive holiday interview with the president and first lady.
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ABC News' Barbara Walters has the exclusive holiday interview with the president and first lady.
- published: 27 Dec 2012
- views: 6830
- author: ABCNews
First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote
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- Duration: 1:23
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live - First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Website: www.jimmykimmellive.com Channel www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com
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Jimmy Kimmel Live - First Lady Michelle Obama's Plan to Get People to Vote Jimmy Kimmel Live's YouTube channel features clips and recaps of every episode from the late night TV show on ABC. Subscribe for clips from the monologue, the interviews, and musical performances every day of the week. Watch your favorites parts again, or catch-up on any episodes you may have missed. Website: www.jimmykimmellive.com Channel www.youtube.com Subscribe: www.youtube.com
- published: 26 Oct 2012
- views: 199386
- author: JimmyKimmelLive
First Lady Michelle Obama's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 24:42
- Updated: 17 Feb 2013
Help build this campaign: OFA.BO First Lady Michelle Obama's remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Help build this campaign: OFA.BO First Lady Michelle Obama's remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 440759
- author: BarackObamadotcom
9:40
Exclusive: Full interview Michelle Obama
Jessica Yellin sits down with First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother as they discuss de...
published: 17 Oct 2012
author: CNN
Exclusive: Full interview Michelle Obama
Jessica Yellin sits down with First Lady Michelle Obama and her brother as they discuss debate prep and looking forward. Watch all of the debates LIVE at www.cnn.com/debates/ For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
- published: 17 Oct 2012
- views: 12416
- author: CNN
14:17
First Lady Michelle Obama Valentine's Day 2011 Interview
Lady O talks about President Obama, Love, Romance, Family, Health, and so much more. She k...
published: 13 Feb 2011
author: Mskekemichel
First Lady Michelle Obama Valentine's Day 2011 Interview
Lady O talks about President Obama, Love, Romance, Family, Health, and so much more. She keeps it real, yet with so much grace and sophistication. Please enjoy and share this video link with others!
- published: 13 Feb 2011
- views: 85918
- author: Mskekemichel
3:14
Michelle Obama Interview on Ann Romney 'Sisterhood,' 2012 Presidential Debate
Cynthia McFadden interviews the first lady about the 2012 election....
published: 08 Oct 2012
author: ABCNews
Michelle Obama Interview on Ann Romney 'Sisterhood,' 2012 Presidential Debate
Cynthia McFadden interviews the first lady about the 2012 election.
- published: 08 Oct 2012
- views: 31477
- author: ABCNews
9:56
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Interview with Michelle Obama
Ellen DeGeneres sits down and chats with the First Lady of the United States of America Mi...
published: 18 Jun 2012
author: howieandkeyshia
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Interview with Michelle Obama
Ellen DeGeneres sits down and chats with the First Lady of the United States of America Michelle Obama.
- published: 18 Jun 2012
- views: 56133
- author: howieandkeyshia
5:58
Michelle Obama Interview on NBC's Today Show 10 16 12
see more at uneditedpolitics.com...
published: 16 Oct 2012
author: uneditedpolitics
Michelle Obama Interview on NBC's Today Show 10 16 12
see more at uneditedpolitics.com
- published: 16 Oct 2012
- views: 4663
- author: uneditedpolitics
5:36
Michelle Obama, interviews with Katie Couric
You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com Katie Couric speaks with Miche...
published: 15 Feb 2008
author: BarackObamadotcom
Michelle Obama, interviews with Katie Couric
You should be with us in 2012, join now: my.barackobama.com Katie Couric speaks with Michelle Obama about her role as wife, mother, and campaigner.
- published: 15 Feb 2008
- views: 235046
- author: BarackObamadotcom
24:36
Michelle Obama on The View
Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama co-hosts the view with Barbara W...
published: 18 Jun 2008
author: BarackObamadotcom
Michelle Obama on The View
Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle Obama co-hosts the view with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd.
- published: 18 Jun 2008
- views: 1884115
- author: BarackObamadotcom
6:28
Rainer and Atticus Meet Michelle Obama at the DNC!
Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First...
published: 14 Sep 2012
author: TheEllenShow
Rainer and Atticus Meet Michelle Obama at the DNC!
Ellen's two presidential experts got the interview of a lifetime; a sitdown with the First Lady after her spectacular speech! See all of the fun these two had at the Democratic National Convention right here.
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 361672
- author: TheEllenShow
2:47
President, Michelle Obama 'The View' Interview: Barbara Walters Previews Appearance
Barbara Walters discusses the president's upcoming appearance on her daytime talk show. Fo...
published: 25 Sep 2012
author: ABCNews
President, Michelle Obama 'The View' Interview: Barbara Walters Previews Appearance
Barbara Walters discusses the president's upcoming appearance on her daytime talk show. For more on this story, click here: abcnews.go.com
- published: 25 Sep 2012
- views: 25861
- author: ABCNews
28:37
Michelle Obama DNC Speech 2012 Complete: 'How Hard You Work' More Important Than Income
First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC....
published: 05 Sep 2012
author: ABCNews
Michelle Obama DNC Speech 2012 Complete: 'How Hard You Work' More Important Than Income
First lady excites delegates with a speech about the president's values at the DNC.
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 845302
- author: ABCNews
8:23
Michelle Obama - Extended Interview by Soledad O'Brien
Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle speaks at length with Soledad O'Brien ...
published: 02 Feb 2008
author: BarackObamadotcom
Michelle Obama - Extended Interview by Soledad O'Brien
Obama 2012: Are you in? my.barackobama.com Michelle speaks at length with Soledad O'Brien on topics ranging from her family to attacks on her husband as he campaigns for President. Appeared on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.
- published: 02 Feb 2008
- views: 320025
- author: BarackObamadotcom
17:17
The Interview with First Lady Michelle Obama on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael"
Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on ...
published: 19 Oct 2012
author: LIVEKellyandMichael
The Interview with First Lady Michelle Obama on "LIVE with Kelly and Michael"
Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan welcomed First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on Friday, October 19, 2012, and chatted with her about a variety of topics, from presidential debates to favorite TV shows. You can watch the interview right here. And don't miss "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" weekday mornings -- click here for local time and channel: bit.ly
- published: 19 Oct 2012
- views: 74514
- author: LIVEKellyandMichael
4:58
Live with Kelly - Michelle Obama surprises jump rope team!
First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team....
published: 19 Jun 2012
author: GuardianUSA
Live with Kelly - Michelle Obama surprises jump rope team!
First Lady Michelle Obama makes a surprise visit for High jump team.
- published: 19 Jun 2012
- views: 71638
- author: GuardianUSA
25:04
Michelle Obama's full DNC speech
Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack O...
published: 05 Sep 2012
author: WashingtonPost
Michelle Obama's full DNC speech
Michelle Obama spoke to delegates at the Democratic National Convention about the Barack Obama she fell in love with. -- Watch the full speech: www.washingtonpost.com -- More DNC convention video: wapo.st
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 2177035
- author: WashingtonPost
Vimeo results:
4:16
ZOMBINLADEN The Axis Of Evil Dead
Zombin laden is a fake trailer made for a french contest
(Panic ! Reverse)... The film wa...
published: 22 Sep 2011
author: Clement Deneux
ZOMBINLADEN The Axis Of Evil Dead
Zombin laden is a fake trailer made for a french contest
(Panic ! Reverse)... The film was shot in 4 days during the summer.
Credits :
SCRIPT & DIRECTION :
Clément Deneux
PRODUCTION :
François Reumont, Clement Deneux & Gael Lucien
pour Hypergonar Image & Son
IMAGE :
François Reumont
SFX SUPERVISOR
Gaël Lucien
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS:
Anne Sophie Delaunay
Arthur Baleige
SFX MAKE UP
David Scherer
SOUND:
Vincent Le Vot
Gaël Simard
Alain Tristant
ORIGINAL SCORE BY :
Etienne Gauthier
Benoit Rault
EDITING :
Qutaiba Barhamji
Camille Vidal Naquet
MIXAGE/ SOUND MIX :
Shorty
FIRST ASSISTANT :
Elisa Pascarel
SECOND UNIT :
Gael Lucien, David Lemonnier, Ziggy
ACTORS
Carole Brana (Julie)
Shane Woodward (Mark)
Arnaud Demanche (Zombinladen)
Didier Deneux (The Coroner)
Lemmy Constantine (Narrator)
Pascal Vigneux & Léon (voice) (President Obama)
Michel Guidoni (President Sarkozy)
7:24
Ben mazué - Obama
Dans le cadre de la résidence vidéo "Musiq'O'Lycée",
6 élèves ont réalisé en 4 jours le cl...
published: 02 Apr 2010
author: JUL & MAT
Ben mazué - Obama
Dans le cadre de la résidence vidéo "Musiq'O'Lycée",
6 élèves ont réalisé en 4 jours le clip de Ben.MaZUé
avec l'aide de Jul & Mat armés d'un NIKON D90
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/julandmat.directors
Twitter : https://twitter.com/juletmat
web : http://www.juletmat.fr
As part of the artist residence "Musiq'O'Lycée"
6 students have done in only 4 days a music video for Ben.MaZUé with the help of http://www.facebook.com/julandmat armed with a NIKON D90
Ben MaZUé : http://www.myspace.com/benmazue
Musiq'O'Lycée : http://www.myspace.com/musiqolyceehf
1:01
Late Night with the Obamas Episode 1
New video from RightChange.com with the Politizoid "Late Night with the Obamas." This fun...
published: 14 Aug 2010
author: RightChange
Late Night with the Obamas Episode 1
New video from RightChange.com with the Politizoid "Late Night with the Obamas." This fun new series from RightChange features Michele and Barack Obama watching the late night comics.
3:05
Michelle Obama in Haiti
Exclusive footage of First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden on their surprise visit ...
published: 19 Apr 2010
author: The White House
Michelle Obama in Haiti
Exclusive footage of First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden on their surprise visit to Haiti on April 13, 2010. While they encounter glimpses of hope and resilience, the footage also reminds us that Haiti still needs the world's attention and aid as it continues down its long road of recovery. Please consider donating at http://clintonbushhaitifund.org.
Shot with a Sony EX-3.
Youtube results:
26:40
Watch Michelle Obama Speak to the Democratic National Convention
For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First...
published: 05 Sep 2012
author: PBSNewsHour
Watch Michelle Obama Speak to the Democratic National Convention
For more coverage: to.pbs.org After being introduced by military mother Elaine Brye, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the DNC on Tuesday night, speaking in support of her husband, President Barack Obama, and talking of her own role, including self-titled "Mom-in-Chief." "I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them.' He doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above. He knows that we all love our country, and he's always ready to listen to good ideas. He's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets."
- published: 05 Sep 2012
- views: 182686
- author: PBSNewsHour
5:54
Barbara Walters-Obama interview: Michelle & Barack talk about White House plans
President-elect,and Michelle Obama speak with Barbara Walters about their move to the Whit...
published: 26 Nov 2008
author: TwoEyesX
Barbara Walters-Obama interview: Michelle & Barack talk about White House plans
President-elect,and Michelle Obama speak with Barbara Walters about their move to the White House
- published: 26 Nov 2008
- views: 31388
- author: TwoEyesX
7:08
Exclusive Interview: First lady Michelle Obama says she enjoys campaigning
Michelle Obama discusses her debate advice, spending her 20th anniversary with millions an...
published: 04 Oct 2012
author: CNN
Exclusive Interview: First lady Michelle Obama says she enjoys campaigning
Michelle Obama discusses her debate advice, spending her 20th anniversary with millions and her experience campaigning. Watch all of the debates LIVE at cnn.com/debates For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
- published: 04 Oct 2012
- views: 11037
- author: CNN
9:27
Michelle Obama interview w. Larry King - 4 of 4
Michelle Obama's interview with Larry King...
published: 09 Oct 2008
author: Damon Rexroad
Michelle Obama interview w. Larry King - 4 of 4
Michelle Obama's interview with Larry King
- published: 09 Oct 2008
- views: 21860
- author: Damon Rexroad
photo: AP
16 Feb 2013
February 16, 2013 -- Updated 0115 GMT (0915 HKT). Did you see the meteor? Share your images with CNN iReport. Moscow (CNN) -- A meteor streaked through the skies above Russia's Urals region Friday morning before exploding with a flash and boom that shattered glass in buildings and left about 1,000 people hurt, authorities said ... The injured included more than 200 children ... The meteor leaves a white streak through the sky ... HIDE CAPTION ... 1. 2....(size: 14.9Kb)
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15 Feb 2013
A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains today morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 400 people, many of them hurt by broken glass. "There was panic. People had no idea what was happening ... Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region, the Emergency Ministry said in a statement ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
photo: AP / Office of the Supreme Leader
17 Feb 2013
TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons but added that if Iran ever decided to build them, no “global power” could stop it. Related. Nuclear Watchdog Says No Deal Reached With Iran (February 15, 2013). Connect With Us on Twitter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List. Reporters and Editors ... Mr ... During the same session, Mr....(size: 5.9Kb)
photo: AP / Pavel Rahman
18 Feb 2013
One man has died in a crash after activists with Bangladesh's largest Islamist party chased a vehicle carrying passengers during a nationwide general strike to denounce a war crimes trial. The Jamaat-e-Islami party enforced Monday's strike in Dhaka to oppose an ongoing war-crimes trial ... One man died and another passenger was injured ... Authorities have kept schools and colleges open, and many businesses have reopened ... Exile the Obama way ... ....(size: 8.6Kb)
photo: UN / Mark Garten
16 Feb 2013
Barack Obama, the US president, has pledged after this week's nuclear test "to lead the world in taking firm action in response to these threats" and diplomats at the UN Security Council have already started discussing potential new sanctions ... ... Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Seoul, said ... 479 Source.. Al Jazeera and agencies. Share ... Exile the Obama way ... Obama pushes for gun reform in Chicago. News ... Exile the Obama way ... ....(size: 7.5Kb)
Star Telegram
18 Feb 2013
Black History Month is a fine time to talk about First Lady Michelle Obama’s “big butt” and the death of Strom Thurmond’s black love child ... That’s why we are comfortable seeing Diaz in just about any setting and why many of us are still a bit startled by Michelle Obama’s butt ... The years of having it pounded into their heads that women shaped like Obama aren’t desirable have taken a toll....(size: 4.5Kb)
The Washington Post
18 Feb 2013
The age of Michelle Obama. Nearly three-quarters of black women say it’s a good time to be a black woman in America, saying Michelle Obama’s role in the White House has raised their profile, according to a Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation survey ... Two women who came soon after Martha Washington carved out the political and social proportions of the job that Michelle Obama would eventually inherit....(size: 3.8Kb)
The Australian
18 Feb 2013
BARACK Obama played golf with Tiger Woods yesterday, the White House said. Woods joined the US President at the Floridian, a secluded and exclusive yacht and golf club on Florida's Treasure Coast where Mr Obama spent the long President's Day weekend ... The President is in Florida while first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on an annual ski vacation....(size: 1.7Kb)
Celebrity Café
18 Feb 2013
Obama’s most famous competitor is Tiger Woods, whom he hosted at the White House in 2009 ... Obama’s first round against Tiger ... First lady Michelle Obama is with their two daughters on their annual vacation to a ski resort in Colorado....(size: 1.3Kb)
Newstrack India
18 Feb 2013
President Barack Obama played golf with Tiger Woods during the Democrat's long weekend holiday in Florida, the White House said ... On Saturday, Woods' former coach, Butch Harmon, rode along with the Obama and others for a few holes and gave the president some golf tips ... The president is in Florida while First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on an annual skiing vacation in West, the report added....(size: 2.3Kb)
NZ Herald
18 Feb 2013
President Barack Obama played golf today with Tiger Woods, the White House said ... The White House has prohibited media coverage of Obama's weekend golf outing ... Crane and Kirk also were part of Obama's foursome on Saturday, the White House said ... The president is in Florida while first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on an annual skiing vacation out West....(size: 2.9Kb)
Tampa Bay Online
18 Feb 2013
President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said Sunday ... The White House has prohibited media coverage of Obama's weekend golf outing ... Crane and Kirk also were part of Obama's foursome on Saturday, the White House said ... The president is in Florida while first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on an annual ski vacation out West....(size: 3.0Kb)
Deccan Herald
18 Feb 2013
President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said Sunday ... The White House has prohibited media coverage of Obama's weekend golf outing ... Crane and Kirk also were part of Obama's foursome on Saturday, the White House said ... The president is in Florida while first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are on an annual skiing vacation out West....(size: 3.0Kb)
Tampa Bay Online
18 Feb 2013
NEW YORK --. Mark Farkas is used to his teenage daughters showing little interest in his work. After all, he is a producer at terminally unhip C-SPAN. This time is different ... The 35-episode series begins with an overview Monday, on President's Day, and ends with an hour on Michelle Obama next Feb. 10 ... All have settled on roles corresponding to their interests, up to Michelle Obama's focus on military families and children's fitness ... Hayes ... ....(size: 3.4Kb)
Orange News
18 Feb 2013
17 February 2013, 23.37. Barack Obama Hits The Links With Tiger Woods. Tweet. The White House has confirmed reports that US President Barack Obama played a round of golf on Sunday with Tiger Woods. The game came at the end of a weekend golf holiday in Florida for the president while wife Michelle Obama and their two daughters are skiing in Colorado ... more uk & world news. Green ... in depth stories ... Most commentedMost viewedMost recent. 1 ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
The News & Observer
18 Feb 2013
NEW YORK — It was Thom Browne's moment to seize. After being thrust into the international spotlight during the presidential inauguration last month for creating First Lady Michelle Obama's superbly tailored navy blue silk jacquard coat and dress combo, expectations were high when the designer presented his fall-winter women's collection at New York Fashion Week ... The scene ... A winter forest. Snow on the ground ... The inspiration ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
Business Journal
18 Feb 2013
to get one-on-one time with both President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, but New Glarus Brewing Co ... She chatted with the president about the samples of beer brewed in the White House that Obama sent Carey home with in November, after he met with Carey and the rest of the White House small business council to discuss the fiscal cliff. In 2011 Obama bought a home brewing kit for the White House kitchen....(size: 7.7Kb)
San Francisco Chronicle
18 Feb 2013
They include Melissa Archuleta, who was responsible for President Obama's much-praised Latino social media channels and strategy during last year's campaign, and Jill Okawa Fletcher, former director of social media for Virgin America ... In the 2012 election, both Michelle Obama and Ann Romney used Pinterest to post content that included recipes and snapshots....(size: 6.7Kb)
| Michelle Obama | |
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| First Lady of the United States | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Laura Bush |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michelle LaVaughn Robinson (1964-01-17) January 17, 1964 (age 48) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Barack Obama (m. 1992) |
| Children | Malia (born 1998) Sasha (born 2001) |
| Residence | Hyde Park, Chicago (private) The White House (official) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Protestant Christian |
| Signature |  |
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School before returning to Chicago and to work at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid and delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of two daughters, Malia and Sasha, and is the sister of Craig Robinson, men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. As the wife of a Senator, and later the First Lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition and healthy eating.[1][2]
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Family and education[link]
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, to Fraser Robinson III,[3] a city water plant employee and Democratic precinct captain, and Marian (née Shields), a secretary at Spiegel's catalog store.[4] Her mother was a full-time homemaker until Michelle entered high school.[5] The Robinson and Shields families can trace their roots[6] to pre-Civil War African Americans in the American South. Specifically, her roots can be traced to the Gullah people from South Carolina's Lowcountry region.[7] Her paternal great-great grandfather, Jim Robinson, was an American slave in the state of South Carolina,[8][9] where some of her paternal family still reside.[10][11] Her maternal great-great-great grandmother, Melvinia Shields, also a slave, became pregnant by a white man. His name and the nature of their union have been lost. She gave birth to Michelle's biracial maternal great-great grandfather, Dolphus T. Shields.[12]
Michelle grew up in a two-story house on Euclid Street in Chicago's South Shore community area. Her parents rented a small apartment on the house's second floor from her great-aunt, who lived downstairs.[4][13][14][15] She was raised in what she describes as a "conventional" home, with "the mother at home, the father works, you have dinner around the table".[16] The family entertained together by playing games such as Monopoly and by reading.[17] They attended services at nearby South Shore Methodist Church.[13] The Robinsons used to vacation in a rustic cabin in White Cloud, Michigan.[13] She and her brother, Craig (who is 21 months older), skipped the second grade. By sixth grade, Michelle joined a gifted class at Bryn Mawr Elementary School (later renamed Bouchet Academy).[18]
She attended Whitney Young High School,[19] Chicago's first magnet high school, where she was a classmate of Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita.[17] The round trip commute from the Robinsons' South Side home to the Near West Side, where the school was located, took three hours.[20] She was on the honor roll for four years, took advanced placement classes, a member of the National Honor Society and served as student council treasurer.[4] Michelle graduated in 1981 as the salutatorian of her class.[20]
Michelle was inspired to follow her brother to Princeton University;[5] Craig graduated in 1983. At Princeton, she challenged the teaching methodology for French because she felt that it should be more conversational.[21] As part of her requirements for graduation, she wrote a thesis entitled "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community."[22][23] "I remember being shocked," she says, "by college students who drove BMWs. I didn't even know parents who drove BMWs."[20] While at Princeton, she got involved with the Third World Center (now known as the Carl A. Fields Center), an academic and cultural group that supported minority students, running their day care center which also included after school tutoring.[24] Robinson majored in sociology and minored in African American studies and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 1985.[4][25] She earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School in 1988.[26] At Harvard she participated in demonstrations advocating the hiring of professors who were members of minorities[27] and worked for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, assisting low-income tenants with housing cases.[28] She is the third First Lady with a postgraduate degree, after her two immediate predecessors, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Laura Bush.[29] In July 2008, Obama accepted the invitation to become an honorary member of the 100-year-old black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, which had no active undergraduate chapter at Princeton when she attended.[30]
She met Barack Obama when they were among the few African Americans at their law firm, Sidley Austin (she has sometimes said only two, although others have pointed out there were others in different departments),[31] and she was assigned to mentor him as a summer associate.[32] Their relationship started with a business lunch and then a community organization meeting where he first impressed her.[33] The couple's first date was to the Spike Lee movie Do the Right Thing.[34] They married in October 1992,[33] and have two daughters, Malia Ann (born 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, born 2001).[35] After his election to the U.S. Senate, the Obama family continued to live on Chicago's South Side, choosing to remain there rather than moving to Washington, D.C. Throughout her husband's 2008 campaign for President of the United States, she made a "commitment to be away overnight only once a week — to campaign only two days a week and be home by the end of the second day" for their two children.[36] She is the first cousin, once removed, of Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jr., one of the country’s most prominent black rabbis.
She once requested that her then-fiancé meet her prospective boss, Valerie Jarrett, when considering her first career move.[16] Now, Jarrett is one of her husband’s closest advisors.[37][38] The marital relationship has had its ebbs and flows; the combination of an evolving family life and beginning political career led to many arguments about balancing work and family. Barack Obama wrote in his second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, that "Tired and stressed, we had little time for conversation, much less romance".[39] However, despite their family obligations and careers, they continue to attempt to schedule date nights.[40]
The Obamas' daughters attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, a private school.[41] As a member of the school's board, Michelle fought to maintain diversity in the school when other board members connected with the University of Chicago tried to reserve more slots for children of the university faculty. This resulted in a plan to expand the school.[5] Malia and Sasha now attend Sidwell Friends School in Washington, after also considering Georgetown Day School.[42][43] Michelle stated in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show that they do not intend to have any more children.[44] The Obamas have received advice from past first ladies Laura Bush, Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton about raising children in the White House.[43] Marian Robinson, Michelle's mother, has moved into the White House to assist with child care.[45]
Career[link]
Following law school, she was an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley Austin, where she first met her future husband. At the firm, she worked on marketing and intellectual property.[4] She continues to hold her law license, but as she no longer needs it for her work, it has been on a voluntary inactive status since 1993.[46]
In 1991, she held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor, and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies.[19] She worked there nearly four years and set fundraising records for the organization that still stood 12 years after she left.[17]
In 1996, she served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago, where she developed the University's Community Service Center.[47] In 2002, she began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals, first as executive director for community affairs and, beginning May 2005, as Vice President for Community and External Affairs.[48] She continued to hold the University of Chicago Hospitals position during the primary campaign, but cut back to part time in order to spend time with her daughters as well as work for her husband's election;[49] she subsequently took a leave of absence from her job.[50] According to the couple’s 2006 income tax return, her salary was $273,618 from the University of Chicago Hospitals, while her husband had a salary of $157,082 from the United States Senate. The Obamas' total income, however, was $991,296, which included $51,200 she earned as a member of the board of directors of TreeHouse Foods, and investments and royalties from his books.[51]
She served as a salaried board member of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS),[52] a major Wal-Mart supplier with whom she cut ties immediately after her husband made comments critical of Wal-Mart at an AFL-CIO forum in Trenton, New Jersey, on May 14, 2007.[53] She serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.[54]
2008 Presidential election[link]
Oprah Winfrey joins the Obamas on the campaign trail, December 10, 2007
The Obamas fist bump upon his winning the Democratic nomination.
The Obamas, with Joe and Jill Biden at the August 23, 2008 Vice Presidential announcement in Springfield, Illinois.
Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic convention
Although Obama has campaigned on her husband's behalf since early in his political career by handshaking and fund-raising, she did not relish the activity at first. When she campaigned during her husband's 2000 run for United States House of Representatives, her boss at the University of Chicago asked if there was any single thing about campaigning that she enjoyed; after some thought, she replied that visiting so many living rooms had given her some new decorating ideas.[55]
At first, Obama had reservations about her husband's presidential campaign, due to fears about a possible negative effect on their daughters.[56] She says that she negotiated an agreement in which her husband was to give up smoking in exchange for her support of his decision to run.[57] About her role in her husband's presidential campaign she has said: "My job is not a senior adviser."[37][58][59] During the campaign, she has discussed race and education by using motherhood as a framework.[21]
In May 2007, three months after her husband declared his presidential candidacy, she reduced her professional responsibilities by 80 percent to support his presidential campaign.[16] Early in the campaign, she had limited involvement in which she traveled to political events only two days a week and traveled overnight only if their daughters could come along;[3] by early February 2008 her participation had increased significantly, attending thirty-three events in eight days.[38] She made several campaign appearances with Oprah Winfrey.[60][61] She wrote her own stump speeches for her husband's presidential campaign and generally spoke without notes.[20]
Throughout the campaign, the media often labeled her as an "angry black woman,"[62][63][64] and some Web sites attempted to propagate this image,[65] prompting her to respond: "Barack and I have been in the public eye for many years now, and we've developed a thick skin along the way. When you’re out campaigning, there will always be criticism. I just take it in stride, and at the end of the day, I know that it comes with the territory."[66] By the time of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in August, media outlets observed that her presence on the campaign trail had grown softer than at the start of the race, focusing on soliciting concerns and empathizing with the audience rather than throwing down challenges to them, and giving interviews to shows like The View and publications like Ladies' Home Journal rather than appearing on news programs. The change was even reflected in her fashion choices, wearing more informal clothes in place of her previous designer pieces.[55] The View appearance was partly intended to help soften her public image,[62] and it was widely-covered in the press.[67]
The presidential campaign was her first exposure to the national political scene; even before the field of Democratic candidates was narrowed to two, she was considered the least famous of the candidates' spouses.[58] Early in the campaign, she told anecdotes about the Obama family life; however, as the press began to emphasize her sarcasm, she toned it down.[51][57] New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd wrote:
I wince a bit when Michelle Obama chides her husband as a mere mortal — comic routine that rests on the presumption that we see him as a god ... But it may not be smart politics to mock him in a way that turns him from the glam JFK into the mundane Gerald Ford, toasting his own English muffin. If all Senator Obama is peddling is the Camelot mystique, why debunk this mystique?[58][68]
On the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Craig Robinson introduced his younger sister.[69] She delivered her speech, during which she sought to portray herself and her family as the embodiment of the American Dream.[70] Obama said both she and her husband believed "that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, and you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them."[71] She also emphasized loving her country, in response to criticism for her previous statements about feeling proud of her country for the first time.[70][72][73] That keynote address was largely well received and drew mostly positive reviews.[74] A Rasmussen Reports poll found that her favorability among Americans reached 55%.[75]
On an October 6, 2008 broadcast, Larry King asked her if the American electorate was past the Bradley effect. She stated that her husband's achievement of the nomination was a fairly strong indicator that it was.[76] The same night she also was interviewed by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show where she deflected criticism of her husband and his campaign.[77] On Fox News' America's Pulse, E. D. Hill referred to the fist bump shared by the Obamas on the night that he clinched the Democratic presidential nomination as a "terrorist fist jab"; Hill was taken off air and the show itself was cancelled.[78][79][80]
First Lady of the United States[link]
Michelle Obama wore Isabel Toledo clothes made of St. Gallen Embroidery to the 2009 presidential inauguration.
The Obamas dance at a presidential inaugural ball.
Public image and style[link]
With the ascent of her husband as a prominent national politician, Michelle Obama has become a part of popular culture. In May 2006, Essence listed her among "25 of the World's Most Inspiring Women."[81][82] In July 2007, Vanity Fair listed her among "10 of the World's Best Dressed People." She was an honorary guest at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball as a "young'un" paying tribute to the 'Legends,' which helped pave the way for African American Women. In September 2007, 02138 magazine listed her 58th of 'The Harvard 100'; a list of the prior year's most influential Harvard alumni. Her husband was ranked fourth.[81][83] In July 2008, she made a repeat appearance on the Vanity Fair international best dressed list.[84] She also appeared on the 2008 People list of best-dressed women and was praised by the magazine for her "classic and confident" look.[85][86]
At the time of her husband's election, some sources anticipated that as a high-profile African-American woman in a stable marriage she would be a positive role model who would influence the view the world has of African-Americans.[87][88] Her fashion choices were part of the 2009 Fashion week,[89] but Obama's influence in the field did not have the impact on the paucity of African-American models who participate, that some thought it might.[90][91]
She has been compared to Jacqueline Kennedy due to her sense of style,[84] and also to Barbara Bush for her discipline and decorum.[92][93] Her white, one-shoulder Jason Wu 2009 inaugural gown was said to be "an unlikely combination of Nancy Reagan and Jackie Kennedy".[94][95] Obama's style is described as populist.[29] She often wears clothes by designers Calvin Klein, Isabel Toledo, Narciso Rodriguez, Donna Ricco and Maria Pinto,[96] and has become a fashion trendsetter,[97][98][99] in particular her favoring of sleeveless dresses that showcase her toned arms.[100]
She appeared on the cover and in a photo spread in the March 2009 issue of Vogue.[101][102] Every First Lady since Lou Hoover (except Bess Truman) has been in Vogue,[101] but only Hillary Clinton had previously appeared on the cover.[103]
The media have been criticized for focusing more on the first lady's fashion sense than her serious contributions.[29][104] She has stated that she would like to focus attention as First Lady on issues of concern to military and working families.[87][105][106] U.S.News & World Report blogger, PBS host and Scripps Howard columnist Bonnie Erbe has argued that Obama's own publicists seem to be feeding the emphasis on style over substance.[107] Erbe has stated on several occasions that she is miscasting herself by overemphasizing style.[45][108]
Work undertaken and causes promoted[link]
Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni
During her early months as First Lady, she visited homeless shelters and soup kitchens.[109] She also sent representatives to schools and advocated public service.[109][110] On her first trip abroad in April 2009, she toured a cancer ward with Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[111] She has begun advocating on behalf of military families.[112] Like her predecessors Clinton and Bush, who supported the organic movement by instructing the White House kitchens to buy organic food, Obama has received attention by planting an organic garden and installing bee hives on the South Lawn of the White House, which will supply organic produce and honey to the First Family and for state dinners and other official gatherings.[113][114]
Obama has become an advocate of her husband's policy priorities by promoting bills that support it. Following the enactment of the Pay equity law, Obama hosted a White House reception for women's rights advocates in celebration. She has pronounced her support for the economic stimulus bill in visits to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and United States Department of Education. Some observers have looked favorably upon her legislative activities, while others have said that she should be less involved in politics. According to her representatives, she intends to visit all United States Cabinet-level agencies in order to get acquainted with Washington.[115]
She gained growing public support in her early months as first lady.[109][116] She is notable for her support from military families and some Republicans.[109][112] As the public is growing accustomed to her, she is becoming more accepted as a role model.[109] Newsweek described her first trip abroad as an exhibition of her so-called "star power"[116] and MSN described it as a display of sartorial elegance.[82] There were questions raised in the American and British media regarding protocol when the Obamas met Queen Elizabeth II,[117] and Michelle reciprocated a touch on her back by the Queen during a reception, purportedly against traditional royal etiquette.[117][118] Palace sources denied that any breach in etiquette had occurred.[119]
On June 5, 2009, the White House announced that Michelle Obama was replacing her current chief of staff, Jackie Norris, with Susan Sher, a longtime friend and adviser. Norris will become a senior adviser to the Corporation for National and Community Service.[120] Then in February 2010, the resignation of White House Social Secretary, Desiree Rogers was announced to be effective the following month.[121] Rogers had been at odds with other administration officials, such as David Axelrod, and then the White House State Dinner faux pas occurred on November 24, 2009.[122] Rogers was replaced by Julianna Smoot.[123]
After a year as First Lady, she undertook her first lead role in an administrationwide initiative. Her goal was to make progress in reversing the 21st century trend of childhood obesity.[124] She stated that her goal is to make this effort her legacy: "I want to leave something behind that we can say, ‘Because of this time that this person spent here, this thing has changed.’ And my hope is that that’s going to be in the area of childhood obesity."[124] She has named the movement "Let's Move!".[125] This effort does not supplant her other efforts: supporting military families, helping working women balance career and family, encouraging national service, promoting the arts and arts education, and fostering healthy eating and healthy living for children and families across the country.[126] She has earned widespread publicity on the topic of healthy eating by planting the first White House vegetable garden since Eleanor Roosevelt served as First Lady.[124][127]
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Further reading[link]
- David Colbert (December 2008). Michelle Obama, An American Story. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-547-24770-2.
- Elizabeth Lightfoot (December 2008). Michelle Obama: First Lady of Hope. The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-59921-521-7.
- Liza Mundy (October 2008). Michelle Obama, A Life. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1-4165-9943-6.
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| Name | Obama, Michelle |
| Alternative names | Obama, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson; Robinson, Michelle |
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| Date of birth | January 17, 1964 |
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This article is about the singer and actress. For her self-titled album, see Jennifer Hudson (album).
| Jennifer Hudson | |
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 Hudson at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jennifer Kate Hudson |
| Born | (1981-09-12) September 12, 1981 (age 30) Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genres | R&B, soul |
| Occupations | Singer, actress, spokesperson |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | RCA Records (2011–present)[1] Arista |
| Associated acts | Ne-Yo |
| Website | www.jenniferhudson.com |
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| Academy Awards | |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actress |
| British Academy Film Awards | |
| 2006 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | |
| 2006 | Outstanding Female Actor in Supporting Role |
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson.[2] She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol, coming in seventh place. She made her film debut in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She won a Grammy Award for her eponymous debut album, Jennifer Hudson, which was released in 2008 on Arista Records and was certified gold by the RIAA for selling over 800,000 copies in the US; sales exceeded 1 million copies worldwide. Additionally, it spawned the hit single Spotlight. Her second album, I Remember Me, was released in March 2011, and reached number two on the Billboard 200, selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release.[3] The album was certified gold by the RIAA, for shipping over 500,000 copies in the US.[4]
In late 2008, after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed in a shooting, Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months. Hudson resumed her public appearances in 2009, and has since performed at the Super Bowl XLIII, the Grammy Awards, American Idol, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.[5] Hudson has been described as a friend of President Barack Obama, who invited her to appear with him at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills in May 2009.[6] She also performed at the White House at the "Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" event.[7] Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano.[8] Hudson has sold 1,280,000 albums and 2,237,000 tracks in the United States as of February 2012.[9]
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Early life and career[link]
Jennifer Hudson was born on September 12, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois.[10] She is the third and youngest child of Darnell Donnerson (November 7, 1950 – October 24, 2008)[11] and Samuel Simpson[12] (died 1999).[13] She was raised as a Baptist[14] in Englewood[15] and attended Dunbar Vocational High School, from which she graduated in 1999.[16] She cites Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle as her overall biggest influences and inspiration.[17] At the age of 7, she got her start in performing by singing with the church choir and doing community theater with the help of her late maternal grandmother, Julia.[18] She enrolled at Langston University but she left after a semester due to homesickness and unhappiness with the weather, and signed up at Kennedy–King College.[19]
In January 2002, Hudson signed her first recording contract with Righteous Records, a Chicago-based independent record label. The company's president, David Johnson, and his staff put Jennifer through a full year of artist development, working five days a week on live performance, stage presence, songwriting, on-camera interviewing, charm school etiquette and physical fitness. She was released from her five-year contract with Righteous Records so that she could appear on American Idol in 2004, but Jennifer credits David Johnson with teaching her "so much" and preparing her for the successful career she is enjoying today.
[edit] American Idol (2004)
Hudson auditioned for the third season of American Idol, in Atlanta, commenting that she had been singing on Disney Cruise Lines (aboard the Disney Wonder) for the past few months (as one of the Muses from Hercules); and contestant judge Randy Jackson said, "We're expecting more than a cruise ship performance from you."[citation needed] Hudson received the highest number of votes in the "Top 9" after her performance of Elton John's "Circle of Life" on April 6, 2004, but two weeks later was eliminated during the "Top 7" show after performing Barry Manilow's, "Weekend in New England." The bottom three consisting of three African-American females led to controversy.[20][21] In May 2009, MTV listed Hudson as the sixth greatest American Idol and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time.[22] In May 2010, the Los Angeles Times claimed Hudson to be the third greatest Idol contestant in the history of the show, placing behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood.[23]
Performances
| Theme week | Song sung | Artist | Date sung | Status |
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| Audition | Share Your Love With Me | Aretha Franklin | – | Advanced |
| Hollywood | [N/A] | [N/A] | – | Advanced |
| Semifinals | Imagine | John Lennon | February 10, 2004 | Eliminated |
| Wild Card | I Believe in You and Me | Four Tops Whitney Houston |
March 9, 2004 | Selected |
| Top 12 Soul Music Week |
Baby, I Love You | Aretha Franklin | March 16, 2004 | Bottom 2 |
| Top 11 Country Week |
No One Else on Earth | Wynonna Judd | March 23, 2004 | Safe |
| Top 10 Motown Week |
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave | Martha and the Vandellas | March 30, 2004 | Bottom 2 |
| Top 9 Songs of Elton John |
Circle of Life | Elton John | April 6, 2004 | Safe Highest Number of Votes |
| Top 8 Songs of the Cinema |
I Have Nothing from The Bodyguard | Whitney Houston | April 14, 2004 | Safe |
| Top 7 Songs of Barry Manilow |
Weekend in New England | Barry Manilow | April 20, 2004 | Eliminated |
[edit] Dreamgirls (2006-2007)
In September 2006, Hudson performed the song, "Over It," live on Fox Chicago Morning News. In the interview she stated the song would be included on her debut album, to be released in early 2007, however this was before she was signed to a record label.[24] In November 2006, Hudson signed a record deal with Arista Records.[25] On The Oprah Winfrey Show, Hudson announced plans to enter the studio in March 2007.[citation needed] Hudson said on The Tyra Banks Show, on February 23, 2007, that she just finished the first song for the album.[citation needed] Hudson also recorded a song called, "Stand Up", which was available for preview on her fan website which was produced by Chicago natives Earl Powell and Herman Little III, who arranged the song.[citation needed] The power-ballad would later become available on the deluxe edition of Hudson's self-titled album as a bonus track.
In November 2005, Hudson was cast in the role of Effie White for the film adaptation of the musical Dreamgirls, which also starred Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles and Eddie Murphy. The role, originally created in a Broadway performance by Jennifer Holliday,[citation needed] marked Hudson's debut screen performance. She won the role over hundreds of professional singers and actresses, including Raven-Symoné and Fantasia Barrino.[26] Filming of Dreamgirls began on January 9, 2006, and the film went into limited release on December 25, 2006, and national release on January 12, 2007. Hudson has won particular praise for her show-stopping onscreen rendition of the hit song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", the signature song of the role, which had earlier been recorded, and had already reached the status of musical standard, because of the definitive performance of Jennifer Holliday. The New York Observer described Hudson's performance of the song as "five mellifluous, molto vibrato minutes that have suddenly catapulted Ms. Hudson... into the position of front-runner for the best supporting actress Oscar".[27] Newsweek said that when moviegoers hear Hudson sing the song, she, "is going to raise goose bumps across the land."[28] Variety magazine wrote that Hudson's performance "calls to mind debuts like Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl or Bette Midler in The Rose, with a voice like the young Aretha".[29] Hudson's version of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" debuted at number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the January 13, 2007, issue.[citation needed] The Dreamgirls track became Hudson's first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay chart on February 24, 2007.[citation needed] "Love You I Do" was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
As Effie White, Hudson has garnered 29 awards from film critics as Best Supporting Actress and Breakthrough Performer of 2006. She won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In addition, she has been named Best Supporting Actress by the Broadcast Film Critics Association and also by the Screen Actors Guild. After seeing Hudson's performance in Dreamgirls, Simon Cowell taped a congratulatory message to her, which aired on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[30] With the March 2007 issue, Jennifer Hudson became the third African-American celebrity, and the first African-American singer, to grace the cover of Vogue magazine.[31] On 11 February 2007 the 60th British Academy Film Awards were held in London, but Hudson was not there to accept her award for BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. The BAFTA Award went missing and Hudson did not receive her award until April 22, 2011, when it was presented to on the Graham Norton Show. On February 25, 2007, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film. During her acceptance speech, Hudson said: "Oh, my God, I have to just take this moment in. I cannot believe this. Look what God can do. I didn't think I was going to win. [...] If my grandmother was here to see me now. She was my biggest inspiration." She also concluded her speech by thanking Jennifer Holliday.[32] Later in 2007, the Mayor of her home town Chicago, Richard M. Daley, declared March 6 as "Jennifer Hudson Day".[33][34] She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on June 18, along with 115 other individuals for 2007.[35][36] Entertainment Weekly put her performance on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Sure, Beyoncé's performance was great. And Eddie Murphy's was impressive. But there was really only one reason we all rushed to see 2006's Dreamgirls: Jennifer Hudson's soul-to-the-rafters rendition of the classic 'And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going'. When she sang 'You're gonna love me,' it wasn't just a lyric — it was a fact."[37]
[edit] Winnie (2008)
In May 2008, Hudson appeared in the feature film Sex and the City as Louise, Carrie Bradshaw's assistant. Filming finished in December 2007 and the movie was released on May 30, 2008.[38] In October 2008, Hudson had her third film appearance in The Secret Life of Bees as Rosaleen, the mother figure of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning). Also starring in the film are fellow Oscar nominees Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo, as well as Alicia Keys. The film opened on October 17, 2008, and grossed over $37 million at the box office. The film won two People's Choice Awards in January 2009 in the categories, Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Independent Movie.[citation needed] The film also received nine Black Reel Awards nominations including three wins.[citation needed] Hudson was nominated for her performance in the film, but lost to Queen Latifah.[citation needed] The film also received eight nominations at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards, including a nomination for Hudson for her performance.[citation needed] In 2009, Hudson starred as Kathy Archenault in Fragments, a film based on the novel by Roy Freirich, with Dakota Fanning and Forest Whitaker. The name of the film was changed from "Winged Creatures" to "Fragments".[citation needed] It was released on DVD on August 4, 2009. In 2010, Hudson started filming an upcoming biopic film Winnie[39] based on the South African politician Winnie Mandela[39] starring alongside Terrence Howard and directed by Darrell J. Roodt.[40] Andre Pieterse and Roodt and Paul L. Johnson based the film's script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob's biography, Winnie Mandela: A Life.[41] The Creative Workers Union of South Africa have opposed this choice, stating they will push for a moratorium on the film if the casting is not reversed.[42] Winnie Mandela has threatened legal action over this film, claiming she was not "consulted" about the film.[43] Winnie was scheduled to be released in December 2011; the trailer was released in 2010.[40]
In January 2008 Hudson returned to the studio to record new material for her debut album.[citation needed] Her label was reportedly unhappy with the direction they were sending Hudson musically and decided it would be best to scrap the older songs and instead focus on new ones.[citation needed] Hudson worked with Ryan Tedder and Timbaland on a number of songs. Her debut single, "Spotlight" was released on June 10, 2008 and became Hudson's first top 40 hit peaking at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom and Turkey. Her debut album, Jennifer Hudson was released on September 30, 2008 on Arista and was written by Ne-Yo, who co-produced along with Stargate. Additional contributors on the album include Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Robin Thicke, Harvey Mason, Jr., Diane Warren, Earl Powell, and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, among others.[44] The album debuted at number two on the Billboard' 200 with 217,000 copies in the US and opened to positive reviews. As of August 2009, the album has sold 739,000 copies in the US, receiving a Gold certification for surpassing sales of 500,000. She has performed the song, "All Dressed in Love" for the Sex and the City soundtrack, which was released on May 27, 2008.[45] Hudson performed the national anthem at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The album's second single was to be released in October 2008, and was originally set to be "My Heart" before "If This Isn't Love" was chosen as the official second single.[citation needed] After three of her family members were brutally murdered, the single was rescheduled for a January 2009 release.[citation needed] However, in January 2009, her label decided to postpone the release of the second single once more until, choosing a February 2009 release date.[citation needed] After the release of "If This Isn't Love", the single eventually peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 37 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single was announced as "Pocketbook" featuring Ludacris in April 2009, for a June 2009 release, despite speculation that the third single would be "My Heart" after it was canceled as the second single.[citation needed] In May 2009, "Pocketbook" was canceled as the third single due to negative reception from fans and critics alike.[citation needed] The third single was then rescheduled as "Giving Myself" and was released on June 2, 2009 to the US. Her debut album garnered Hudson three nominations at the 2009 Grammy Awards; Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Spotlight", Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "I'm His Only Woman" with Fantasia Barrino, and Best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson. She won the last of these and performed at the awards ceremony.[46]
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In October 2008, Hudson's 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donnerson, and 29-year-old brother, Jason, were found shot to death inside the Chicago home Donnerson shared with Hudson's elder sister, Julia.[47] An AMBER Alert was issued for 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, when Julia reported him missing.[48][49] Chicago police arrested William Balfour, 27, the estranged husband of Hudson's sister Julia the same day, but he was not charged with a crime.[50] Balfour was on parole after spending nearly seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen vehicle. The Illinois Department of Corrections' records revealed one of Balfour's addresses to be the home where Donnerson and Jason were murdered.[51]
Three days later the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed the body found in Chicago's West Side area in a vehicle that matched the license plate and the vehicle's description given in the AMBER Alert was Julian King.[52][53][54] Autopsy reports indicated that the death was due to "multiple gunshot wounds".[55] A gun, belonging to Jason and missing for several months, was found in a West Side vacant lot and confirmed to be the murder weapon by Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis on October 31, 2008. Funeral services for the three victims were held on November 3, followed by a private service at Chicago's South Side Apostolic Church of God on November 10. Hudson's family announced creation of The Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims, in honor of the three victims.[56]
Because he had not yet been officially charged with the murders, Balfour appeared without an attorney at a parole violation hearing November 10 where it was decided he violated parole and should be held in custody until a December 3 hearing before the full Illinois Prisoner Review Board.[57][58][59][60][61][62] Balfour became the prime suspect on December 1 and was transferred to police custody. Balfour was officially charged with three counts of first degree murder, one count of home invasion and was denied bail.[63] He was indicted for the murders on December 30, 2008, and pleaded not guilty in January 2009.[64][65] In May the jury began deliberations and the judge sequestered the jury after five hours.[66] On May 11, 2012, Balfour was convicted on all seven counts against him, which include three counts of first-degree murder, one count of home invasion, one count aggravated kidnapping, one count residential burglary, and one count possession of a stolen motor vehicle.[67]
[edit] Jennifer Hudson (2009)
In February 2009, Hudson made her first public appearance since the murders when she sang the Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XLIII.[68][69][70] She toured the United States with Robin Thicke in 2009.[71] In early May 2009, Hudson suffered "throat fatigue" and had to reschedule her May 16–19, 2009, tour dates.[72] She sang "Will You Be There" at the Michael Jackson memorial service in July 2009.[73] Hudson recorded "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)," originally by Gladys Knight & the Pips, for American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics — the official American Idol album for the third season. She is featured in a duet, "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be," on Meat Loaf's Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose. She also performed the song "Easy to be Hard" on the Actors' Fund benefit recording of the musical Hair;[citation needed] and she is featured on Ne-Yo's second album, Because of You, on the track, "Leaving Tonight". Hudson sang "Dancing a Catchy Rhythm" with Brooke White.[citation needed] Hudson performed a Christmas special on ABC in December 2009 called Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas. During the special, she relived her childhood Christmases with musical performances filmed at her favorite locations in her native Chicago. Hudson also visited family members, friends and other childhood influences during the broadcast.[74] On January 22, 2010, Hudson appeared on the telethon "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief", performing the Beatles' "Let it Be". The telecast generated $61 million in donations as of January 26, 2010.[75] Also, that year, Hudson recorded the song "One Shining Moment" for the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
In 2010 Hudson became the spokesperson for Weight Watchers.[2][76] She has lost 56 pounds (25 kg) in the last year and "does not want to lose any more weight."[77] However, on February 10, 2011, she appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and revealed she has now lost a total of 80 pounds.[78] Her 2012 autobiography, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, detailed her weight loss.[79][80][81]
[edit] I Remember Me (2011-present)
Early in the album I Remember Me's development, Ne-Yo told E! Online that Hudson was ready to get personal on her second studio album and that he might be producing the album. He said "She's gone through a lot over the last year, so she has a lot to talk about," he continues. "She's definitely gotten stronger. The things that she's gone through and for her to still be upbeat and happy, it's amazing."[82] Hudson released her second studio album I Remember Me on March 22, 2011. It debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 165,000 copies in its first week of release.[83] On January 24, 2011 Hudson premiered the album's lead single "Where You At".[84] It was written by R.Kelly and produced by Harvey Mason, Jr.[85] The song went for radio adds that same week.[86] On February 3, 2011 due to radio adds the single made its debut on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 53,[87][clarification needed] having so far reached a peak of number 10.[88] The music video premiered on BET's 106 & Park and through Vevo in February 2011.[89][90] "No One Gonna Love You" impacted on Urban adult contemporary radio in the United States in May 2011. A remix bundle titled "No One Gonna Love You-The Remixes" was released as a digital download in the US and the UK in July 2011.[91][92][93] The song has reached number 23 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[94] The third U.S. single will be "I Got This".[95] The non-single track "Don't Look Down" reached number 70 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[96]
Hudson played a nun in the Farrelly brothers 2012 film The Three Stooges.[97]
The day after the death of Whitney Houston, Hudson paid tribute to her by singing Houston's iconic "I Will Always Love You" during the 54th Grammy Awards held February 12, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.[98]
Personal life[link]
Hudson began dating James Payton in 1999, when she was 18.[99] They separated in late 2007. Hudson met David Otunga, a professional wrestler in the WWE and a Harvard Law graduate,[100][101][102] and the couple became engaged in September 2008.[103] In August 2009, Hudson gave birth to her first child, a boy named David Daniel Otunga Jr.[104]
Discography[link]
Main article: Jennifer Hudson discography
- Jennifer Hudson (2008)
- I Remember Me (2011)
Filmography[link]
Hudson has appeared in the following film releases:[105]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Effie White |
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| 2008 | Sex and the City | Louise | |
| 2008 | Secret Life of Bees, TheThe Secret Life of Bees | Rosaleen Daise |
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| 2009 | Fragments | Kathy Archenault | |
| 2011 | Winnie | Winnie Mandela | |
| 2012 | The Three Stooges | Sister Rosemary |
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ShoWest | Female Star of Tomorrow | Dreamgirls | Won |
| Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| National Board of Review of Motion Pictures | Best Female Breakthrough Performance | Won | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| New York Film Critics Online | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Breakthrough Performer | Won | |||
| Hollywood Life Awards | Breakthrough of the Year | Won | ||
| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Washington, DC Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Won | |||
| African-American Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | Breakthrough Performance | Won | ||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Pauline Kael Breakout | Won | ||
| Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award | Breakout Performance | Won | ||
| 2007 | The National Society of Film Critics | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Austin Film Critics Association | Breakout Artist | Won | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Screen Actors Guild | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| Central Ohio Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Black Reel Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Won | |||
| Academy Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| Soul Train Awards | Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year | Won | ||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Performance | Nominated | ||
| BET Awards | Best Female R&B Artist | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Dreamgirls | Won | ||
| Best New Artist | Won | |||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Dreamgirls | Won | |
| Choice Movie Actress (Breakout) | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | Vibe Music Awards | VHollywood Award | Nominated | |
| Black Reel Awards | Best Actress | The Secret Life of Bees | Nominated | |
| Best Ensemble | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Best R&B Album | Jennifer Hudson | Won | |
| Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | Spotlight | Nominated | ||
| Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | I'm His Only Woman featuring Fantasia Barrino | Nominated | ||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding New Artist | Won | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | The Secret Life of Bees | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Female Artist | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | I'm His Only Woman featuring Fantasia Barrino | Won | ||
| Outstanding Music Video | Spotlight | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Song | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Album | Jennifer Hudson | Won | ||
| BET Awards | Best Female R&B Artist | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | The Secret Life of Bees | Nominated | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Music: R&B Artist | Nominated | ||
| Choice Music: R&B Track | If This Isn't Love | Nominated | ||
| Soul Train Awards | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year | Spotlight | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite R&B Artist | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice American Idol Alum | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | BET Awards | Best Female R&B Artist[106] | Nominated | |
| 2012 | NAACP Image Awards[107] | Outstanding Female Artist | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Music Video | Where You At | Won | ||
| Outstanding Album | I Remember Me | Won | ||
| Billboard Music Awards | Top R&B Album[108] | I Remember Me | Nominated |
See also[link]
Wikipedia books: Jennifer Hudson
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| Preceded by Rachel Weisz |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2006 |
Succeeded by Tilda Swinton |
| Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 2006 |
Succeeded by Cate Blanchett |
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| Preceded by Chaka Khan (Funk This) |
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album (Jennifer Hudson) 2009 |
Succeeded by BLACKsummers'night by Maxwell |
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| Name | Hudson, Jennifer |
| Alternative names | Hudson, Jennifer Kate |
| Short description | Singer–songwriter, actress, spokesperson |
| Date of birth | September 12, 1981 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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