The Iron Lady: 1925 - 2013

Margaret Thatcher died on Monday, after suffering another stroke. She had suffered a series of strokes in 2002, giving up much of her traveling after that. Her daughter, Carol Thatcher, wrote a memoir in 2008 that documented her mother's increasing dementia, which added to her inability to participate in public events, even ones honoring her service. Read more about the only woman to have been prime minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990), and about her radical economic program, dismantling social services and nationalized industries.

• Margaret Thatcher - a comprehensive biography
• Margaret Thatcher Basic Facts
• Margaret Thatcher Quotes - three pages of quotations from and about the "Iron Lady"

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