Margaret Thatcher Facts
The Iron Lady of British politics, Margaret Thatcher was the longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. Her conservative politics led to the implementation of such radically-conservative policies as the poll tax. The Falkland Islands war was fought during her tenure. When her party leadership was challenged in 1990, she resigned, later also retiring from the House of Commons.
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Margaret Thatcher Facts:
Known for: radically conservative British prime minister, the first woman prime minister of the United Kingdom
Dates: October 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013
Also known as: Maggie Thatcher, the Iron Lady, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher
Background:
- Father: Alfred Roberts, grocer, active in local community and politics
- Mother: Beatrice Ethel Stephenson Roberts
- Sister: Muriel (born 1921)
Education
- Huntingtower Road Primary School
- Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
- Somerville College, Oxford
Husband and Children
- Husband: Denis Thatcher, wealthy industrialist - married December 13, 1951
- Children: twins, born August 1953
- Mark Thatcher
- Carol Thatcher
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- Detailed life story: Margaret Thatcher
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Bibliography:
- Thatcher, Margaret. The Downing Street Years. 1993.
- Thatcher, Margaret. The Path to Power. 1995.
- Thatcher, Margaret. The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher. Robin Harris, editor. 1998.
- Thatcher, Margaret. Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World. 2002.
- Thatcher, Carol. A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir. 2008.
- Hughes, Libby. Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher. 2000.
- Ogden, Chris. Maggie: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power. 1990.
- Seldon, Anthony. Britain Under Thatcher. 1999.
- Webster, Wendy. Not a Man to Match Her: The Marketing of a Prime Minister.
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