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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies known as Thatcherism.A Soviet ...
2 days ago · Margaret Thatcher (born October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England—died April 8, 2013, London) was a British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe ’s first woman prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Margaret Hilda Roberts, later Margaret Thatcher, was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, a small town in Lincolnshire, England. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice, were middle-class shopkeepers ...
Margaret Thatcher became one of the world's most influential and respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, dynamic, and plain-spoken, a reference point for friends and enemies alike. 1925-1947: Grantham & Oxford. Margaret Thatcher at a friend's house, summer 1935. Margaret Thatcher's home and early life in Grantham played a large part in forming her political convictions. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice Roberts, were Methodists.
Nov 2, 2022 · The newly married Margaret Thatcher decided to leave industrial science, read for the bar (soon joining Lincoln's Inn as a barrister) and, with Denis, started a family. Twins, Carol and Mark, were born in August 1953. In the general election of October 1959, Margaret Thatcher stood in the safe Conservative seat of Finchley, and held it, comfortably, with an increased majority. She held the seat until her elevation to the House of Lords in 1992, as MP, Minister and Prime Minister.
3 days ago · FILE - Britain’s Margaret Thatcher waves in celebration at Conservative Party headquarters in London in the early hours of May 4, 1979, after winning the General Election. At right is her son Mark. Britain’s upcoming general election on July 4, 2024, is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Britain’s general election in 1979 is without doubt the most consequential since 1945, with Margaret Thatcher becoming the country’s first female prime ...
Oct 13, 2011 · Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the 'Iron Lady', was the first female British Prime Minister and the longest serving PM for over 150 years. Born 13 October 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Nov 28, 2020 · She was known as the Iron Lady, but Margaret Thatcher dissolved into floods of tears on the day she left Downing Street 30 years ago, on 28 November 1990. Back then, I was a political ...
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, who has died following a stroke, was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Her legacy had a profound effect upon the policies of her successors ...
play Thatcher becomes Tory Leader. After Heath's Government lost the election Margaret Thatcher decided to stand against him for leadership of the Conservative party. To many Thatcher was an ...
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, the only three-term prime minister of Britain in the 20th century and the first woman to lead a Western democracy, died Monday reportedly of a stroke. She was 87. Thatcher ...
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics, who set her country on a rightward economic course, led it to victory in the Falklands war and helped guide the United States and the ...
Margaret Thatcher, 1983. Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, orig. Margaret Hilda Roberts, (born Oct. 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died April 8, 2013, London), British politician and prime minister (1979–90). She earned a degree from the University of Oxford, where she was one of the first woman presidents of the ...
3 days ago · FILE - Britain’s Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher waves to wellwishers as she arrives at 10 Downing Street, London with her husband Denis at right, May 4, 1979. Britain’s upcoming ...
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, died today at the age of 87. Thatcher, the first woman to lead a Western power, pushed back against socialism in Britain and ushered in a ...
May 30, 2019 · 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. She was a radical conservative, known for dismantling nationalized industries and social services, weakening union power.She was also the first incumbent prime minister in the UK removed on a vote of their own party.
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher was thought to have survived on just four hours sleep a night - and got the nickname "the Iron Lady" for being tough and sticking to her decisions. In 2012 a big movie was made ...
Margaret Thatcher's term as the prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 4 May 1979 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, and ended on 28 November 1990 upon her resignation. She was elected to the position in 1979, having led the Conservative Party since 1975, and won landslide re-elections for the Conservatives in 1983 and 1987.She gained intense media attention as Britain's first female prime minister, and was the longest-serving British prime ...
Nov 24, 2020 · Margaret Thatcher: Facts about the controversial prime minister in 'The Crown'. The "Iron Lady" remains one of Britain's most divisive political figures. More than 30 years since she was last in ...
Biography Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) was Britain’s first female prime minister (1979-90). She was known for her tough uncompromising, conservative political views, and became dubbed as ‘The Iron Lady’. On the UK domestic front she instituted many free market reforms, implemented the controversial poll tax and reduced ...
Margaret Thatcher, 01 July 1991. On 4 May 1979, one of the most influential and divisive Prime Ministers in British history took office – Margaret Thatcher. She was a greengrocer’s daughter who defied the odds to study Chemistry at Oxford. Her remarkable journey through politics started in 1950, when she first ran for Parliament.
Jun 23, 2024 · Margaret Thatcher had Essex Man and New Labour boasted Mondeo Man. David Cameron secured the Mumsnet Mums and for Boris Johnson it was Workington Man. They all symbolise voters who switched their ...
Apr 10, 2013 · 10 April 2013. Thatcherism sprang from a combination of free-market ideas and family values. Margaret Thatcher's policies as prime minister changed many aspects of British life, and were ...
Apr 9, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher's demolition job on the industrial might of the British trade union movement helped to generate an economic revolution. In the late 1970s, millions of days a year were being lost ...
9 hours ago · Several polls suggest the party of Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson will win fewer seats than the 141 it secured in 1906, in what would be the worst result since its creation ...
Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher, who has died following a stroke, was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century. Her legacy had a profound effect upon the policies of her successors ...
15 hours ago · At previous elections, when one party has fallen apart (1979 and 2019 for Labour against Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson respectively, and in the Blair years 1997 until 2005 for the ...
