THATCHERTHE IRON LADY

MARGARET

“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want

something done, ask a woman.”

-Margaret Thatcher-

BRITISHPRIME MINISTER1979-1990

Margaret Hilda Roberts(13th Oct 1925~8th Apr

2013)

Europe’s 1st Female Prime Minister.

AKABaroness Thatcher of

KestevenMargaret ThatcherMargaret Roberts

Baroness Thatcher

Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK;

died in London, UK.

Longest serving British PM (11yrs) for over 150

years.

BIOGRAPHY

EARLY LIFE

Daughter of a local grocer.

Studied Chemistry in Oxford University.

Worked as a research chemist.

Married to Sir Denis Thatcher & has a pair of twins.

Introduced Margaret to conservative

politics.

Margaret served as the president of

Conservative Association during

University.

INFLUENCES

The Roberts Family.(From right to left: Muriel Roberts, Alfred Roberts, Beatrice Roberts, & Margaret Roberts (Margaret

Thatcher)).

Alfred Roberts(Margaret’s

Father) was a member of the town council & the Mayor

of Grantham.

POLITIC LIFE

In May 1979, Thatcher made history as she became Britain’s first female prime minister.

After graduates, she made her first bid for

public office.In 1950 elections, she

ran as the conservative candidate for Dartford parliamentary seat, yet she failed, and also for

the next year.

She stopped and married Sir Denis, and pursued

her study in law in 1952.

Finally in 1959, she won a seat in the House of Commons represent

Finchley.

Thatcher was appointed parliamentary under

secretary for pensions and national insurance. Then, secretary of state

for education and science.

She was elected as the leader of Conservative

Party in 1975.

Became the first woman served as  the opposition

leader in the House of Commons.

TRAITS (LEADERSHIP STYLE)

Autocratic Leadership:• Clear direction• Authority and power• Keep strict, close control over followers

Transactional Leadership:• Strong Relationship Building

Charismatic Leadership:• Confident• Strong vision• Able to impose charismatic personal

authority

ACHIEVEMENTS

Right-to-Buy

Scheme

The Falklands

War

The End of the Cold

War

Supply Side

Reform & Entreprenu

ership

Foreign Investmen

t

Defeat of the Trade

Unions

Privatizations & Share Ownership

Thatcherism

Accelerated the

evolution of the British economy

from statism to liberalism

14th of June 1982: Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands surrender.

Led Britain in the Falklands War

In 1982, when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, Thatcher responded aggressively, authorizing the sinking of an Argentine cruiser in which more than 300 Argentine sailors died. After Argentina surrendered, Thatcher declared that Britain then had a “new spirit” of strength and her popularity at home soared. “Things cannot be the same again,” she said at the time. “For we have learned something about ourselves . . . a lesson which we desperately needed to learn. When we started out, there were the waverers and the faint-hearts. The people who thought that Britain could no longer seize the initiative for herself.”

ACHIEVEMENTS

Helps to end the Cold War

Her diplomacy and friendship with Gorbachev combined with her influence over President Reagan that meant talks were started to end the Cold War.  Therefore, not only did she save Britain from becoming a third-world satellite state of the Soviet Union, together with Reagan she hastened the end of the Soviet Empire without starting any actual wars and helped to promote new thinking in the Kremlin.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Created the ThatcherismEconomic:• Free market• Small state• Privatisation

Social:• Anti-gay rights• Patriotism• Anti-immigration• “Victorian values”

ACHIEVEMENTS

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