She is a university professor with a bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees, and a doctorate of education. In the capacity of second lady under the Obama administration, Biden still taught at Northern Virginia Community College during all eight years.
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Her new role will be no different. She’s said in the past that she intends to keep her job while serving as the first lady.
“Teaching isn’t just what I do. It’s who I am,” she was quoted as saying in a statement.
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“She will really be bringing the role of first lady into the 21st century,” first-lady historian Katherine Jellison added.
Continuing Jellison stated that “Americans have historically wanted their first ladies to be in the White House and at the president’s side whenever possible.
“Maybe the time has come when Americans will be more accepting of the idea that a president’s wife can simultaneously be a first lady and a working professional.”
She started her career teaching English at St. Mark’s High School in Wilmington and earned a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in educational leadership from the University of Delaware.
In a statement by Tammy Vigil, a Boston University communications professor who wrote a book about Biden, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump, noted that a working first lady is a “big deal”.
Furthermore, he elaborated that the US First Ladies did not have a permanent job outside the White House but only raised kids and assumed a job of hostess, with an exception of Eleanor Roosevelt who went on political trips for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but her work was limited due to polio.
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