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.

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March 9, 2007

Michelle Obama introduces her husband at a fundraiser in New York during his run for president. A Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that black women say Obama has made it easier to be a black woman in America.

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Feb. 11, 2007

Michelle Obama reaches out to shake hands with supporters of her husband as they arrive for a rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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June 3, 2008

Then-Sen. Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, fist bump before an election-night rally at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

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Jan. 20, 2009

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the neighborhood ball and share their first official dance as the first couple.

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June 25, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, mother Marian Robinson, niece Leslie Robinson and nephew Avery Robinson take a safari ride at the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa.

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Aug. 7, 2010

First lady Michelle Obama, center left, walks during a visit to Ronda, Spain, on a private trip with friends.

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Aug. 16, 2009

First lady Michelle Obama and daughter Malia Obama walk off Air Force One at Grand Canyon National Park Airport in Tusayan, Ariz.

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Aug. 28, 2008

From right to left, then-Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-Ill.), wife Michelle Obama, Jill Biden, and Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden walk off stage after Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.

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July 10, 2009

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.

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Dec. 14, 2011

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama acknowledge the crowd as they arrive in the 440th Structural Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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June 22, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama plants spinach as she gardens during a community service project at the Vhuthilo Community Center in Johannesburg.

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June 22, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama addresses the Young African Women Leaders Forum at the Regina Mundi church in Johannesburg. The Regina Mundi church was once a haven for activists fighting white-minority rule in Johannesburg, and Obama harnessed their memory as well as the American civil rights movement to encourage young leaders.

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June 21, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama, with former South African president Nelson Mandela, is photographed at Mandela’s home, in Houghton, South Africa. Obama and her family met with Mandela during a private visit at the former South African president's home. Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha, and her mother, Marian Robinson, were viewing some of Mandela's personal papers at his foundation when, according to White House officials, he sent word that he wanted to meet them. It was Obama's first meeting with the prisoner-turned-president.

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Jan. 11, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama, center, poses for a photo with Army Staff Sgts. Keisha Whitmore, left, and Tyeir Pritchard-Davis after Obama announced an initiative for more research on veterans’ medical care during a visit at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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May 13, 2009

First lady Michelle Obama pays a visit to the Ferebee-Hope Community School to read with third-graders who participate in after-school programs. Pictured, Obama takes questions from the class after she has finished the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”

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Jan. 16, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama paints a quote by Martin Luther King Jr. on the wall of a library at the Browne Education Campus in Washington to take part in a community service project in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

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April 1, 2009

Michelle Obama, left, walks with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at a reception at Buckingham Palace in London.

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Jan. 20, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama takes part in Wal-Mart's announcement of a comprehensive effort to provide more healthful and affordable food choices to their customers in Washington.

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Jan. 27, 2010

Haitian Ambassador to the United States Raymond Joseph greets first lady Michelle Obama as she enters the chamber before President Obama's first State of the Union address at the Capitol.

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March 11, 2009

First lady Michelle Obama, second from left, joins Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, far left, to celebrate International Women's Day at the State Department.

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Oct. 21, 2009

First lady Michelle Obama hula hoops with children during the Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn of the White House.

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First lady Michelle Obama hosts the Let's Move Chef Event on the South Lawn of the White House. Hundreds of chefs were in attendance and about a dozen chef joined students from Hollin Meadows Elementary School to harvest vegetables and cook a healthy meal.

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March 5, 2010

First lady Michelle Obama participates in a "Let's Move!" campaign event — a free soccer clinic sponsored by the U.S. Soccer Foundation in Washington.

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Nov. 24, 2009

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur, to a State Dinner at the White House.

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May 19, 2012

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Margarita Zavala to a State Dinner at the White House.

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