Michelle Obama: Our First Lady" is the REVISED AND EXTENDED EDITION of "In my Own Words". This new 2009 edition includes her biography, her campaign speeches and quotes. Michelle LaVaughn Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and the wife of our new President Barack Obama. Michelle became the first African-American First Lady of the United States. She was born and grew up on the South Side of Chicago and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School.