Michelle Obama: What Women Owe One Another

When Barack was first running for President back in 2008, I made what I thought was an innocuous comment about how, if he were elected, my most important job would be “mom-in-chief.” The response was swift and passionate. Some people thought this was great, a sign that I had my priorities in order and was doing what was right for my family. Some were less positive, concerned that I was devaluing my professional achievements and ambitions.

As for me, I was just confused. The way I saw it, embracing my role as mom-in-chief didn’t mean dismissing what I’d accomplished in my career or shortchanging the important work of being First Lady—on the contrary, I planned to pour myself into the job and do everything I could to have a real impact on people’s lives. I was just stating a simple truth: The most important thing in my life is raising my two daughters. That’s been true for me since the day our older daughter was born, and as our girls grew from babies to toddlers to tiny people with opinions and personalities of their own, I realized that I had such a short window to be with them full time—so few years when I would be there when they woke up and went to sleep and would witness their daily struggles and joys in real time.

But somehow these nuances just didn’t break through the media noise.

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