MARGARET THATCHER

Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Margaret Hilda Roberts was born in Grantham, England on 13 October 1925. Her father participated in local politics and the Methodist Church.

She attended Huntingtower Road Primary School and she studied hard.

In 1943, Margaret started to study Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree in Oxford, and she specialized in X-ray crystallography.

At university, she was influenced by politics and she was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1946. She presented as Conservative Candidate for Dartford in February 1951. She met Denis Thatcher who was a divorce businessman. She married Denis Thatcher in December 1951, and she became Margaret Thatcher. During the campaigns, she was supported by her family and her husband.

In 1953, the couple had twins, Carol and Mark.

In 1959, she was elected as Member of Parliament. In 1970, the Conservative party won the elections and Margaret Thatcher become Secretary of State for Education and Science. Thatcher became party leader and Leader of the Opposition in 1975, and Prime Minister in 1979.

Margaret Thatcher met weekly Queen Elizabeth II to discuss government issues.

In 1990, she resigned as Prime Minister and party Leader, and in 1992, she become Baroness Thatcher.

In 2003, his husband died and she dedicated him these words: “Being a Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd. But with Denis there I was never alone. What a man. What a husband. What a friend.”

In 2005, Carol Thatcher announced that his mother had dementia. In 2007, she was honored with a statue in the House of Parliament. Margaret Thatcher died on 8 April 2013 because she suffered a stroke. She will be remembered as the Iron Lady.