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On Mother’s Day weekend of 2014, Michelle Obama took to the airwaves – not just as First Lady, but especially as a concerned mother of two young ladies.
In speaking out against “the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school dormitory in the middle of the night” (a crime committed by those believing that females should not be pursuing education), the First Lady was making an urgent plea for all females with lofty hopes, dreams and aspirations.
She spoke about the anguish that the parents of these girls must be experiencing. She also described the bravery and determination of the girls themselves by stating: “Their school
had recently been closed due to terrorist threats… but these girls still insisted on returning to take their exams.”
Obama reminded us that this incident is by no means an isolated one.
All around the globe, and throughout history, females have been kept from developing themselves to the fullest. She explained that “right now, more than 65 million girls worldwide are not in school.”
The First Lady also emphasized that when females are educated, everyone benefits.
She then reminded students in the United States today who might be thinking about dropping out of school that theirs is a precious opportunity- an opportunity that others around the world are risking their very lives for.
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