Margaret Thatcher
Margaret thatcher october 13 1925 april 8 2013 was the first woman prime minister of the united kingdom and the first european woman to serve as a prime minister.
Margaret thatcher. Bettmann thatcher the icon. Margaret thatchers political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. The real margaret thatcher with ronald reagan.
She was a radical conservative known for dismantling nationalized industries and social services weakening union powershe was also the first incumbent prime minister in the uk removed on a vote of their own party. Born in october 1925 at grantham a small market town in eastern england she rose to become the first and for two decades the only woman to lead a major western democracyshe won three successive general elections and served as british prime minister for more than eleven years 1979 90 a record. Her parents alfred and beatrice were middle class shopkeepers.
Thatcher was born as margaret hilda roberts on october 13 1925 in grantham england. Speeches on home and european affairs 1975 1988. Margaret hilda roberts later margaret thatcher was born on october 13 1925 in grantham a small town in lincolnshire england.
She accelerated the evolution of the british economy from statism to liberalism and became by personality as much as achievement the most renowned british leader since winston churchill. Margaret thatcher british conservative party politician and prime minister 197990 europes first woman prime minister. The revival of britain.
That the people of britain chose a woman to lead the country represents a breakthrough but thatcher herself is hardly a. Nicknamed the iron lady thatcher served as the prime minister of england from 1979 to 1990.