First Lady Michelle Obama and students from Bancroft Elementary School pick vegetables from the White House kitchen garden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 16, 2009. Michelle Obama taught the students about healthy eating and prepared a meal with students in the White House kitchen.
The First Lady plants a rhubarb as she hosts the spring garden planting in the White House kitchen garden on March 31.
Michelle Obama hosts a fall harvest of the White House vegetable garden with help of students from Washington's Bancroft and Kimball Elementary schools on Oct. 29, 2009.
Michelle Obama hosts the spring garden planting on March 31.
Michelle Obama talks with schoolchildren on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday, March 31.
First Lady Michelle Obama planted the new crop of spring vegetables and fruit in the White House garden on the South Grounds, joined by children from the Bancroft school as well as Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.
The First Lady leads a 'grow dance' after working in the garden at the White House on March 31.
First Lady Michelle Obama welcomes local area schoolchildren to the White House to help her plant her second annual vegetable garden on the South Lawn.
Mrs. Obama works in the garden on March 31.
The First Lady helps a girl water plants on March 31 at the White House.
The first lady gives readers a tour of the White House Kitchen Garden and other thriving community plots across the country.
Eleanor Roosevelt advocated for the poor. Jacqueline Kennedy ushered in culture. Nancy Reagan taught children to "Just Say No" to drugs. Laura Bush focused on early childhood development. While their presidential husbands fought wars, political battles, and tried to steady wavering economies, the first ladies of America have found their own outlets for leadership, often drawing national attention to domestic causes with the purpose of strengthening families and communities.
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