Sheila Miyoshi Jager

Sheila Miyoshi Jager (born 1963) is an American historian. She is a Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. She is the author of two books on Korea and the co-editor of a third book on Asian nations in the post-Cold War era. She is known for her relationship with Barack Obama before his marriage with Michelle Obama.

Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Sheila Miyoshi Jager speaking at the 2013 National Book Festival
Born	1963 (age 61–62)
Alma mater	Bennington College Middlebury College University of Chicago
Occupation	Historian
Employer	Oberlin College
Spouse	Jiyul Kim
Children	4

In the 1980s, Jager lived with Barack Obama, then a community organizer in Chicago.^[1] In 1986, Obama asked her parents if he could marry her, but they rejected.^[1] Shortly after he entered the Harvard Law School, Obama proposed to Jager a second time, but she rejected him.