Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady Who Changed Britain

Margaret Thatcher was a British Conservative Party politician and the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom and Europe. She was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, a small town in Lincolnshire, England, to Alfred and Beatrice Roberts, who were middle-class shopkeepers and devout Methodists. Thatcher studied chemistry at Oxford University, where she was active in politics and became one of the first woman presidents of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

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She later worked as a research chemist and a barrister, specializing in tax law. She became prime minister in 1979 and stayed in power for over 11 years, the longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. She implemented neoliberal policies that reduced state intervention, cut income taxes, and sought to eradicate labor unions. She also allied with Ronald Reagan and faced challenges such as the Falklands War, the miners’ strike, and the IRA bombings. She resigned in 1990 after losing the support of her party and died in 2013. She was honored with a statue in the Houses of Parliament in 2007, opposite a statue of Winston Churchill. She was nicknamed the “Iron Lady” for her toughness and determination.

Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to serve as a prime minister in Europe and Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. She was also the only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms. She was United Kingdom’s and Europe’s first elected female head of government. She was also the first British Prime Minister with a science degree.

She had many accomplishments such as being President of her University’s Conservative Association, representing Finchley in the House of Commons from 1959 to 1992, being a member of the Shadow Cabinet, and being an advocate for abortion and gay rights.