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Michelle Obama's Influence To American Society

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How Michelle Obama is Influential to American Society Michelle Obama is known for many things, but most people do not know what she has influenced exactly on the American society. She has played a very important role in American society and has had many other elements to contribute to the 21st century. Michelle is famous for being the first black First Lady, and is highly known for her “Let’s Move” campaign, as well as the school lunch program she has founded. These contributions to the United States are motivated by her goal of keeping children active and healthy. Michelle has done many influential things in her lifetime, especially as First Lady, but there are a number of things in the last 8 years that she has contributed to the American society, that most people are not familiar with. Michelle was born in Chicago Illinois on January 17, 1964 as Michelle Robinson to her parents Fraser C. Robinson III and Marian Shields Robinson. She was the second of two children, and has an older brother named Craig Robinson (“Michelle Obama”). As she grew up she was very smart. The article “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama” states that she attended Whitney M. Young High School in Chicago while growing up. After …show more content…

Michelle has had many successes in her lifetime. She started the “Let’s Move” program. This helps kids and others to get up and be motivated to do things, to make exercise fun for kids. Her goal was the show families that it is easy to make exercise fun for kids and even adults. She wanted to see America become a healthier country. She also made sure school lunches were healthier, that schools had healthy options for their students to choose from, this is known as the school lunch program, which is another program that Michelle has incorporated into the daily lifestyle of most

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