The women who shaped Obamas life narrative have been principally three: his mother, Ann Dunham; grandmother, Madelyn Dunham; and wife, Michelle Robinson Obama. Thestruggles of these women have shaped Obamas self and identity.
This may partly reflect his mothers early socialization. Ann Dunham was, by all accounts, a professional anthropologist who mostly worked overseas. She planned to attend the U.N. conference on women in Beijing in 1995. She was a passionate supporter of womens education and literacy development. Sh
As journalist Elizabeth Moore revealed in Newsday and Janny Scott has reported in her book, A Singular Woman,starting in 1993 to the end of 1994, Ann Dunham was working in New York City preparing for a major U.N. conference in Beijing. She planned to speak about microcredits and microlending to p
Friends remember Ann Dunham as an earthy person, grounded in real-life experiences, but a woman with a passion for making a difference. She wrote a 1,000-page doctoral dissertation on village economy in Indonesia, the insights from which were used to design savings and credit products for low-income
