http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18329/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/michelle-young-girls-aim-vacuous-celebrity-not-useful-productivity <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dan-kennedy">Dan Kennedy</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >While the president was away in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">L.A.</st1:place></st1:city>, the first lady played – mentor, with the help of some stars. She organized a round-robin of visits to <st1:city w:st="on">Washington</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">D.C.</st1:state> schools and a White House event for young girls, to demonstrate to them they could grow up to be anything they chose in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>. (You know, that country she had no pride in before her husband’s nomination?)</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/michelle-young-girls-aim-vacuous-celebrity-not-useful-productivity" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business CherylCrow MichelleObama privatesector younggirls Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:42:49 +0000 admin 29826 at http://archive2.mrc.org