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Age: 62
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Best Known As: Radio host, commentator, author
A Woman’s Work: Dr. Laura came into our lives when we needed her most.
Children were spoiled, and marriages were falling apart. The brassy radio host
fi elded calls from whiny folks complaining about their failing relationships. Her
no-nonsense tough talk set them straight and propelled the marriage and family
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on best-seller lists. As far as feminism is concerned, Dr. Laura says the movement
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and save their marriages. Quite a departure from the feminism of old.
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Age: 45
Hometown: Chicago
Best Known As: First lady of the
United States
Code Name, Renaissance: When Michelle Obama
entered the public arena as the wife of presidential
candidate Barack Obama, it was clear right from the
beginning that she wouldn’t be a typical fi rst lady. This
Harvard-educated lawyer met her future husband when
she was assigned to mentor him at the law fi rm Sidley
Austin. On the campaign trail she quipped about day-
to-day life with him and seemed to keep him and their
relationship humble. In regard to her desire to see change
in America, she was aggressive and publicly outspoken —
at times to a fault.
Now in the White House, Michelle presents a more
calm persona of a dignifi ed fi rst lady, as she relishes
the relative normalness that life there provides for her
daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, she said in Time
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magazine. Her focus seems squarely set on raising her
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equal pay and the economic stimulus package. But all of
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the most common plight of all fi rst ladies: the constant
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