Michelle Obama Praises Girl Power

PARIS — Armed with messages of inclusiveness, Michelle Obama told a packed arena in the French capital Tuesday evening not to smother the feistiness of young women. “Society is constantly trying to quiet the girl,” she told a rapt audience of around 20,000 people, speaking during the Kering-sponsored French leg of her book promotion tour, for her memoir “Becoming.”  Over nearly two hours, fielding questions from CNN journalist Isha Sesay, the former first lady covered a range of topics, from her modest upbringing in Chicago to the stress of life in the public spotlight. She offered her personal account of living in the White House, from the excitement of opening it up to a broader public to shooing her girls and their guests out through a back elevator after their last slumber party there, just before the arrival of the Trumps. Holding the audience’s attention to the end, the question that continues to dog Obama was saved for last: Why won’t she run for president? Sponsoring the Obama event in Paris, Kering chairman and chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault, in a statement, referred to the move as “an illustration of the core values and beliefs we share in common.” The luxury group is known

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