Michelle Obama

Obama is intelligent and at one time, earned a higher wage than her husband. Michelle Obama’s mother taught her to read by age four and stressed the importance of education to Michelle and her older brother. She was a gifted student and was not ashamed to take advanced classes. She says “I never cut class. I loved getting A’s, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart was cooler than anything in the world.” Michelle graduated high school as the salutatorian. She attended Princeton University and graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Sociology and a minor in African-American studies. She went on to study law at Harvard and once graduated, she moved to a job as an associate. Working as an associate in Chicago, she met Barack Obama. Mrs. Obama then pursued a job in public service working for the University of Chicago. She continued to work until shortly after her husband’s inauguration. Although it could have been easy to get caught up in the presidential election, Mrs. Obama’s first priority has always been her two daughters, Sasha and

Equality for women has been an ongoing debate for years. Most people recognize the inequality for women in areas besides the business world. However, women in politics is one of the most well-known topics. Until a few years ago, the thought of having a woman as president was absurd. It wasn’t until the 2008 election that the idea of a woman for president would change drastically. Both Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton decided to run in the 2008 presidential election. Although neither of the two were elected, they both still made a dramatic impact on the views of women in politics. Michelle Bernard states that the 2008 election was a breakthrough for women in general. However, Marie Cocco disagrees, stating that the loss was a major disappointment for women. Although both authors feel strongly about their

“We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons…but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” (Gloria Steinem) Gender equality has come a long way, however, this topic is a constant theme many individuals, to this day, seem to dismiss. Women have addressed equality issues around the world to help broaden views on things that should be equal rights and equal opportunities, regardless of gender. In recent years, women specifically have shown the importance of gender equality through Woman’s Equality Day, the push for equal pay for equal work, and most recently, the creation of The United State of Women.

Women have always played an important role in the formation of the United States, despite the fact that women are considered less able and less qualified than men throughout America’s history. During times of war, women were forced to pick up the jobs that were left behind as men marched off to other countries and then leave them when the men came back home. Women have always been treated as the primary homemaker, raising children and cooking meals for their husbands, even after more and more women are forced to work to survive. There is a double standard for women and it is deeply rooted in America’s history. Women have fought for equality, justice, and change from the very beginning. Women are still fighting now. While there have been a great

From women’s suffrage activists to female Presidential candidates, America has accomplished a lot on its road to political equality. Forty years ago, electing a woman to hold the office of the President of the United States was an unachievable ideal. This concept was considered too far-fetched. And yet, as a nation, we know that this ideal is now a conceivable reality.

Hymowitz hits a valid point when she claims that women indeed want equality but may not want the “sort of equality envisioned by government bureaucrats, academics and many feminist advocates”, which is where everything from jobs, hours, time at the house, hourly wage, and assets are split 50-50. What would truly by equal is where women ran half of the world’s countries and companies and men ran half of the homes. At this point in time, percentages of women having careers in office or having high official jobs are very low compared to the percentage of men in these high class careers (Hymowitz). Obama gave only 35% of Cabinet-level posts to women, men still write 87% of Wikipedia entries, 80% of local news-television and radio managers are men, and over 75% of philosophers are men.

When looking back to several decades ago in comparison to now, it is quite obvious how far America has come in certain areas and issues. Two of the major areas of change that have occurred here in America pertain to the issues related to women’s right and racial inequality. In modern times, the women here in America have copious rights and privileges due to the passing of laws and acts. In addition, African American citizens now have rights equal to white people due to the Civil Rights Act and the impact of certain leaders. While our country has made significant progress in these areas, there are still inequalities present in our nation that could use attention. There are ways to overcome these issues and inequalities, but it takes the care and consideration of those willing to help make a change.

In the last 100 years since the woman’s suffrage movement took off, the United States has made tremendous changes toward gender equality. In that time, this country has gone from fighting for women’s right to vote to having a female candidate being a frontrunner in the race for the White House. Although women have made great strides in trying to attain equal and fair treatment, women are sadly still valued more for their appearance rather than their intellect in comparison to their male counterparts.

A commonly debated topic is whether or not further work is required to ensure women’s rights. Despite of the increasing opportunities, women still have along ways to go before they have the same options as men do. A statistic from WIC says, “Women constituted more than 45 percent of employed persons in the United States in 1989, but they had only a small share of the decision-making jobs" (WIC 2). As women continue to fight for jobs they impact the world as they go. Another issue is the pay gap between the sexes. The US Census Bureau published their findings, “Women working full time made 78.6 percent as much as men did in 2014” but the gap was even bigger for minority women; African American women made sixty-four cents and Latina women made

Furthermore, women went from being submissive to being influential. Women have changed the world. We have some of the most powerful and influential women, who have contribute to shaping our society, for example, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey. For instance, Oprah uses TV to help the lives of many Americans; her book club attracts millions of readers and because she is a benevolent billionaire, she gives a lot of money to charity. Oprah also built an all girls school in South Africa to give the underprivileged girls in South Africa a chance to purse a higher education. Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls indicates that, “when you're

Men are stronger and able to do more in different areas than women, but a women's right to vote is a big ordeal. All women’s rights are important in all aspects of life. Women are important and needed because of the many roles they play from being a friend, girlfriend, fiancé, wife, and mother, but see that’s through a man’s eye. Through women’s eyes, we are jeweled beholders; we are the ones that give out more love than we receive. We are smarter than men and are willing to do much more than what we have been offered over the past centuries. Whereas “women who worked in the 1960s, 38% of them were largely limited to jobs as teachers, nurses, or secretaries.” (1960s -70s)

Emma Watson said “It is time that we all see gender as a spectrum instead of two sets of opposing ideals.” (Rosenfield). Since the beginning of American culture—early colonial years—women have been viewed inferior in society, and men have always been the dominant gender. In the 1900s women did not have many rights, they took on domestic jobs such as cleaning, cooking, and taking care of their children. As the years have passed, women have been granted more rights such as the right to an education, and the right to vote, but still there is a gap that needs to be closed. Women are vigorously fighting for an equal pay, because even though men and women perform the same jobs and show the same level of competency the unequal pay is still there.

Being the First Lady of the United States of America is something to be proud of. Yourhusband is the President, how cool is that? However, Michelle Obama isn’t just any ordinaryFirst Lady. She is the very first African American First Lady and she is one of the mostinfluential and well known First Ladies we have ever encountered. She has been around andinfluencing others since her husband was elected president in 2008. It is difficult to find someonewho does not know about Mrs. Obama because she is practically everywhere. I chose herbecause she is a very down-to-earth woman who has changed the United States immensely. Sheis a person that I would love to meet and have a conversation with. She has influenced thiscountry by promoting nutritional meals for children, creating the “Let’s Move” project, andsetting standards for black women all over America.Michelle Obama was born on January 17, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois. She got a degreefrom Harvard Law School in 1988 and later worked as a lawyer in Chicago, which is how shemet Barack. However, life wasn’t always the best for her. Before her husband was electedpresident, she had no cook at her home in Chicago and would often have to make meals herself.Also working at the Hospital of Chicago University, it was tough to always have a nice mealwith her family. This resulted in her feeding them unhealthy junk food because it was the easierchoice. They eventually took a trip to the doctor who noticed an increase in her daughters’

Sadly, men and women are still not equal economically. For example, for every dollar that a man earns, a woman only earns seventy-seven cents (Fuentes par. 13). Why should a woman earn twenty-three cents less than a man when they’re doing the same amount of work in the same amount of time? Men and women are still not equal in academia. Recent statistics show that only twenty-six percent of college presidents are women despite the fact that more than fifty-seven percent of the college and university student population is female (Fuentes par. 37). In some countries, women are still not even allowed to receive an education. But, why? Why would any country want half of its population to be complete idiots? Why would any man want to marry and have kids with a dumb woman? It makes more sense for women to receive an education so that they can work, make money and spend money which would help the economy. It would make more sense for a women to receive an education so that they can teach their kids and help them become better members of society. Men and women are still not equal politically. Only twenty percent of the U.S. Senate is constituted of women and only eighteen percent of the House of Representatives are constituted of women when the majority of the population of the United States is women. Out of the 49 Presidents in the United States, there hasn’t even been one female President or

In the midst of the 2016 election, First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama gave a speech in New Hampshire regarding the candidates. Donald Trump was facing Hillary Clinton; and in support, “Michelle Obama presented a Speech On Donald Trump’s Alleged Treatment Of Women.” As stated in the title, Trump had recently made rude remarks regarding women, and Michelle Obama was using this as a learning lesson for anyone looking to vote for Trump. She made it a point to vote for Hillary by not only stating why not to vote for Trump, but also listing her many accomplishments throughout her lifetime. Michelle Obama was able to create an effective and persuasive speech by strongly stating Trump’s wrongdoings, passionately listing Clinton’s achievements, and frightening us of the possible future for our children.