The Guardian view on Michelle Obama: missing her already | Editorial

Like Eleanor Roosevelt, she was an inspiration to many. But unlike almost all her predecessors as first lady, she knew life from the bottom of US society“Do what you feel in your heart is right,” Eleanor Roosevelt once counselled, “for you’ll be criticised anyway.” Her advice was general; yet it seems pertinent to Michelle Obama, the most inspirational first lady since Mrs Roosevelt herself. The admiration – even adoration – earned by both women makes it