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Margaret Thatcher
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born
October 13, 1925
gender
female
place of birth
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, The United Kingdom
genre
Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Politics
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the first and to date only woman to hold either post.
Born in Grantham in Lincolnshire, England, she went on to read Chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. She was selected as Conservative candidate for Finchley in 1958 and took her seat in the House of Commons the following year. Upon the election of Edward Heath in 1970, Thatcher was appointed Secretary of State for Education and Science. In 1974, she backed Sir Keith Joseph for the Conservative party leader, but after falling short he dropped out o...more
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"In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman."
— Margaret Thatcher
— Margaret Thatcher
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
— Margaret Thatcher
— Margaret Thatcher
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. "
— Margaret Thatcher
— Margaret Thatcher
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