Up, Rosalynn Carter. She served as first lady from 1977 to 1981 and shes the author of five books and in 1984, or bestselling memoir first lady from planes was released. Mrs. Carters subsequent book have focused on caregiving Mental Health care. A subject she has championed throughout her life. Now from 2010 years Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach, ending the Mental Health crisis. Thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be here tonight and really neat to see so many peopleinterested in my book. Ive been on a book tour this week area i started on monday and i got the same two questions every time so i thought i would tell you what they were. The first one is how did you get involved in Mental Health . The second one is why did you write the book . So im going to tell you why i got involved in Mental Health. I was campaigningfor jimmy carter. You cant hear me . Im telling you how i got involved with Mental Health issues. I was campaigning for jimmy and
About her life and time in the white house. And now the person you all came to see. [ cheering ] Michelle Levan robinson obama. [ cheers and applause ] she is a lawyer, she is an author and she is the wife of the 44th president of the United States barack obama. [ applause ] throughout her initiatives as first lady, she has become a role model for women and for girls and an advocate for healthy families, Service Members and their families, Higher Education and international adolescent girls education. Her muchanticipated memoir, becoming, will be published in the u. S. And canada on november 13, 2018 by crown, a division of Penguin Randomhouse and it will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. Considered one of the most popular first ladies [ cheers and applause ] mrs. Obama invites readers into her world chronicling the experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work to her
Thing a thousand times every day all day, over and over again. So i got to put the little metal thing in a hole and then pass the cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. So my job was to take the metal thing and put it in the hole. The cardboard over to the guy that would slam it down. For the first day even. I thought, you know, im going to i was aiming at finishing it. I thought there would be an end to it. Thousands of them, and i would prove to the bindery people that i was so fast that i could complete it and i would be done and i just realized it is never over. They just kept coming, the little pieces of cardboard and the little thing, and that went on for weeks and weeks doing the same thing and i thought, my god, im ready for college. Can i do this. But it taught me Great Respect for the men and women who do that work every day. That thankless work that makes it possible for us to have books and folders, and i learned work ethic at the bindery. The dozens of people i
And now the person you all came to see. [cheers and applause] Michelle Lavonne robinson obama. She is a lawyer. She is an author. And she is the wife of the 44th president of the United States. Barack obama. Throughout her initiatives as first lady she has become a role model for women and for girls. And an advocate for healthy families, Service Members and their families, higher education, and international adolescent girls education. Her much anticipated memoir becoming will be published in the u. S. And canada on november 13th, 2018, by crown. A division of Penguin Random house. It will be released simultaneously in 24 languages. Considered one of the most popular first ladies [cheers and applause] mrs. Obama invites readers into her world chronicling experiences that have shaped her from her childhood on the south side of chicago, to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the worlds most famous address. Warm, wise, and becoming
You come into this house and there is so much to do with so much coming at you that there is no time to think or reflect. Hi everyone, we are here digging up soil because we are about to plant a garden. I wont be satisfied nor will my husband until every single veteran in Military Spouse who wants a job has one. At the end of the day my most important title is still mom and mom in chief. In 2008 barack obama was elected as our 44th president and he and First Lady Michelle Obama went into the history books as the first African American first couple now one year into a second obama turned the first lady continues were focused on child will be city support for military families and access to education. Good evening, and welcome well tonight is the final installment in our yearlong series first ladies influence an image, and we finish appropriately with the current first lady, Michelle Obama. For the next 90 minutes we will learn more about her biography and how she as approach the job in