Learn about the life of Michelle Obama, the renowned first lady, campaigner, and author, in this book from the Little People, BIG Dreams series, which has sold millions of copies to rave reviews. Michelle was raised in a close-knit household on Chicago's South Side. She excelled academically, earned As, and put forth a lot of effort to pave the way at Harvard and Princeton universities. Then, early in her legal career, she got to know Barack Obama. She used her position as first lady to speak up for women and girls, and she continues to motivate people with her strong voice and best-selling books. This book on empowerment includes elegant and amusing artwork as well as additional information, such a timeline of the author's life with pictures from the past and a thorough profile of the motivational figure.