Smize On The Prize—6 Black Women Who Continue Richard T. Greener’s Harvard Legacy - Page 2
1. Michelle Obama, 61
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama “started out with very little” growing up on the South Side of Chicago where she attended the city’s public schools. Still, despite humble beginnings, she understood that “with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible.”
Obama went on to study sociology and African-American studies at the prestigious Princeton University. Then she cemented her Ivy League status by graduating from Harvard Law School in 1988.
The former FLOTUS is a staunch believer that people need to “empower yourselves with a good education” and she used her time in the White House as an opportunity to advocate.
In 2014 Obama launched the Reach Higher initiative, which encourages post-secondary studies, whether at a professional trade school, community college, or a four-year college or university. Then in 2015, she kicked off the Let Girls Learn initiative to help adolescent girls get a quality education.
