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Get inside the head of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as the First Lady of the United States.
This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama's numerous public statements- interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It's a comprehensive picture of her legacy as one of America's most recognizable and influential women.
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Great Speeches by the First Ladies of the United States highlights twenty-five of the most important and well-known speeches by our nation's First Ladies. This collection includes speeches by Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump.
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Summary of First Women by Kate Andersen Brower | Includes Analysis Preview: Kate Andersen Brower's First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies examines how women from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama have negotiated the personal and political challenges of being married to the president of the United States. The women who have served as first lady in the modern era have been very different. Jackie Kennedy was a style icon; Lady...
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56 fun, fast, and delicious recipes from kid chefs for the whole family to enjoy together!
As part of former First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Campaign, the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge invited kids across the United States to submit their own tasty, healthy, and creative lunch recipes. For five years, winners were chosen from all fifty states, as well as each of the territories and the District of Columbia, to create delicious and distinctive...
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While the role of the first lady has changed dramatically over the course of the nation's history, one thing remains constant: Americans have always been fascinated by the wives of the President. This collection features in-depth profiles of many of our beloved, inspiring, and occasionally enigmatic first ladies, including Martha Washington, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama.
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The Gardener Says invites readers to a festive garden party where guests ranging from Gertrude Jekyll and Henry David Thoreau to Michelle Obama and Michael Pollan share their insights and words of inspiration. Ranging from the humorous to the poignant, these quotes from gardeners, poets, philosophers, and landscape designers highlight both the joys and challenges of gardening-the exhaustion at the end of a long day's work, the satisfaction of seeing...
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At a time in which a woman can be a firefighter, surgeon, astronaut, military officer, athlete, judge, and more, what does it mean to dress like a woman? Dress Like a Woman turns that question on its head by sharing a myriad of interpretations across history. The book includes 300 incredible photographs that illustrate how women's roles have changed over the last century. The women pictured in this book inhabit a fascinating intersection of gender,...
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From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world.
Fueled by the insights of women of diverse backgrounds, including Michelle Obama, Angela Davis, Shonda Rhimes, Misty Copeland Yara Shahidi, and Mary J. Blige, this book is a celebration of black women's voices and...
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Showcasing three decades of Glamour's Women of the Year, this book is a record of the ceiling-shattering achievements that have reshaped our world, and a manual for success for the women of today-and tomorrow
For over 80 years, Glamour has been the preeminent female empowerment title in America. From Glamour's origin as the magazine "for the girl with a job" to today, strong, ambitious women have always taken center stage, and no place more so than...
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123Take Good Care of Me is a childrens educational nutrition book. In this book, I will explain why we eat food and the reasons the right food is like fuel for our body machines while we are so young and our immune systems are so strong. In a basic verbiage that very young children will understand, I will then explain what foods we should eat and how they affect our bodies and also how the wrong foods can affect our bodies. Sometimes we can choose...
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