First Lady Michelle Obama left the glittering splendor of the White House on Thursday to visit one of the poorest neighborhoods in the nation’s capital to push, prod and inspire struggling high school students.Her visit to a public school marked the start of a star-studded career day organized by Mrs. Obama, who said she had long dreamed of gathering an “amazing group of women” to talk to young people.
On Thursday, the first lady and 21 other prominent women – including singers Sheryl Crow and Alicia Keyes, former astronaut Mae C. Jemison, the actress Alfre Woodard and the makeup maven Bobbi Brown – scattered to public and private schools across the region in honor of Women’s History Month.
At Anacostia High School, the site of a violent melee in November that sent several young people to the hospital with stab wounds, Mrs. Obama gave hugs, slapped knees and sat down in a semi-circle with 13 students, who were all juniors and seniors.
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