HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Darlene Clark Hine: First Lady Michelle Obama, paradox, African American Studies Professor & Historian Says Source: WaPo, 4-16-12 President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive to welcome Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron to the White House prior to a [...]
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History Buzz April 16, 2012: Darlene Clark Hine: First Lady Michelle Obama, Paradox, African American Studies Professor & Historian Says
Posted by bonniekaryn on April 16, 2012
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Full Text February 13, 2012: First Lady Michelle Obama’s CNN Op-ed for Let’s Move! 2nd Anniversary “Changing the Conversation on Healthy Eating”
POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Michelle Obama: Changing the Conversation on Healthy Eating Source: WH, 2-13-12 First Lady Michelle Obama holds a roundtable dinner discussion at an Olive Garden restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 9, 2012. Mrs. Obama met with the parents to hear their [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 13, 2012
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Full Text February 2, 2012: First Lady Michelle Obama Talks About Being a Mentor in More Magazine Black History Month Interview
POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Michelle Obama Talks About Being a Mentor Source: WH, 2-2-12 First Lady Michelle Obama drops by the Girls Mentoring November activity in room 430 of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Nov. 29, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton) February [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 2, 2012
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Full Text January 25, 2012: First Lady Michelle Obama’s Remarks at U.S. Department of Agriculture’s New School Lunch Nutrition Standards Announcement at Parklawn Elementary School
POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: Healthy Changes on the Menu for School Lunches Source: WH, 1-25-12 First Lady Michelle Obama joins children for lunch at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., Jan. 25, 2012. Mrs. Obama was joined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and celebrity cook Rachael Ray for a [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 25, 2012
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Full Text December 16, 2011: First Lady Michelle Obama’s Speech at “Toys for Tots” Drive
POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: First Lady Michelle Obama Delivers Toys for Tots Donations Source: WH, 12-16-11 First Lady Michelle Obama sorts toys after she delivers toys and gifts donated by White House staff to the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Campaign at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on December 16, 2011
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Full Text December 12, 2011: First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Patients at Children’s National Medical Center
POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: First Lady Michelle Obama Visits Patients at Children’s National Medical Center Source: WH, 12-12-11 First Lady Michelle Obama reads “Twas the Night Before Christmas” during a Christmas holiday program with children, parents and staff at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2011. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on December 12, 2011
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Political Buzz November 30, 2011: First Lady Michelle Obama Unveils with First Dog Bo the 2011 White House Christmas Theme Shine, Give, Share Honoring Military Families
POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 30, 2011
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Rick Perlstein: Betty Ford, Pioneer
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: NYT, 7-11-11 Enlarge This Image Vivienne Flesher THE obituaries for Betty Ford, who died Friday at the age of 93, were filled with colorful stories about an incongruous life: former Martha Graham dancer, dispenser of scandalous comments to the media, alcohol and drug addict. So colorful, in fact, that [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 12, 2011
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Gil Troy: Betty Ford’s Candor Hurt Gerald Ford’s Presidency – but Enhanced his Historical Reputation
Featured Historian: Gil Troy By Gil Troy, 7-10-11 Betty Ford, who died on Friday at the age of 93, in the 1970s was the most controversial First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt. During Gerald Ford’s brief presidency, from August 1974 through January, 1977, his wife Betty retrofitted the odd role she inherited to suit the modern [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 10, 2011
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Political Headlines July 9, 2011: Remembering First Lady Betty Ford, 1918-2011
POLITICAL HEADLINES By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Betty and Gerald Ford in the Oval Office The Fords embrace [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 9, 2011
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