Michelle Obama inspires women around the globe??

I was just skimming the news today and I came across this article.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/first.lady/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

The article goes about how 'the first lady', Michelle Obama, influences women around the world. That is how a black woman elevated to such a position shines like a beacon of light over women around the world. In short that's the conclusion of the article anyway.

It does mention something about India.
"Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a "curse." They're considered ugly if their skin and hair are too dark. They are "cursed" if they only have daughters. But lately, Indian women are getting a different message from a woman thousands of miles away."

For one thing; doesn't anyone see anything in India but "slums". I mean whenever you see something about India most of the time its about the slums. What is it with slums and India. They don't even rhyme( I know bad joke).

Then I could not help but wonder, do the women living in those slums even know what a first lady means. If they are the women in slums, then they care less about who became the president of USA let alone care about who (rather what) is the first lady. I am sure there might have been much more educated women in India and everyplace else where women would have actually understood the significance of Barack Obama being the first black president and Michelle Obama being the first black first lady.

But i dont think it would make such a big influence in women around the world, atleast not in developing countries like India. There are much more problems in India and coutires like it which make life difficult for women, rather than colour discrimination. So I guess to motivate women in such coutries we would need more than just the first lady.