false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255637320m/6070763.jpg 6070763 1 <DIV>The election of Barack Obama has brought worldwide attention not only to what his policies will be, but to what kind of First Lady Michelle Obama will be. Throughout the long campaign season, Michelle Robinson Obama garnered a good amount of attention, kudos and criticism about her words, actions, even her appearance, but few people know what kind of role she will play once she settles into the White House. One clue is to examine her words and statements of the past, and the proposed book <I>Michelle Obama In Her Own Words</I> will show readers who are eager to learn more about America’s new history-making First Lady. <I>Michelle Obama In Her Own Words</I> will be a book that contains 200-250 quotations arranged in approximately 75 different categories. A short introduction and biography of the new First Lady will precede the quotes. Drawing on quotations from a variety of newspaper and magazine articles, transcripts, speeches, and TV interviews and profiles, the quotations date from Michelle’s career as a high-powered corporate lawyer in Chicago and her high-powered executive jobs in the Chicago Mayor’s office and at the University of Chicago, up through the election of November 5th, 2008. Rogak locates and organizes the funny, fascinating, inspiring (and occasionally controversial) words of our future First Lady, on topics such as:<P>• Abortion<BR>• Affirmative Action<BR>• Balancing career and family<BR>• Barack’s safety<BR>• Being compared to Jackie Onassis<BR>• Her childhood<BR>• Her critics<BR>• Her fashion sense<BR>• Hillary Clinton<BR>• Iraq<BR>• Racism<BR>• Rev. Jeremiah Wright<BR>• Sarah Palin<BR>• Terrorism<BR>• The “elitist” tag<BR>• The Presidential campaign<BR>• The role of the First Lady<BR>• Women who have influenced her</DIV> 6247228 13 5 2009 Michelle Obama in Her Own Words total:4|5:2|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 4 18 9 0 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 15:54:31 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 15:54:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 09 12:30:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:30:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 02:32:11 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 02:32:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 17:54:05 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 17:54:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 20:25:12 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 20:25:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 17:10:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 17:10:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 09:50:10 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 09:50:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 23 16:16:08 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 16:16:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 13:08:34 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 19:58:04 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6070763