Michelle Obama to be inducted into 2021 National Women's Hall of Fame

• The NWHF also noted that Obama was the first Black woman to serve as first lady.
• The group praised her for her accomplishments as "an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education, international adolescent girls’ education, and serving as a role model for women and young girls everywhere."

What to watch: Obama is expected to join eight others in being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in person in New York on Oct. 2.

• The NWHF said in its announcement, made on International Women's Day, that the group is "closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation" and will plan carefully to ensure all attendees can remain safe.

Of note: The other inductees will be Brig. Gen. Rebecca Halstead, the first female to command combat at strategic level as senior commanding general for logistics in Iraq; Native American artist Joy Harjo; former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi; soccer player Mia Hamm; and artist Judy Chicago. 

• Three pioneering women will be posthumously inducted into the hall of fame: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, abolitionist Emily Howland and author Octavia Butler.