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Margaret Thatcher: Iron Lady of the UK History

Explore the life, achievements, and controversies of the first female British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, known for her strong leadership and significant impact on politics and society.

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Margaret Thatcher: Iron Lady of the UK History

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  1. Margaret Thatcher Haylee Stoltz

  2. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a women.”-Margaret Thatcher

  3. Early Years • Born October 13th, 1925 • Middle Class • Attended Oxford University • Research Chemist • Real Interest: Politics

  4. Prime Minister of England • May 3rd,1979 • First Women • Out with the old in with the new • Conservative • Mixed Legacy

  5. Attempted Assassination • October 12th 1984 • Grand Hotel • Bomb • Irish Republican Terrorists • Other tragedies occur Patrick Magee

  6. Accomplishments • Shut down coal mines • Helped protect the Falkland Islands from Argentina • Played a huge part in ending the cold war

  7. After Office • Served for 11 years • Leadership style: Bullying • Not Happy • Traveled and spoke • Visited her successors often • Died April 8th 2013 Announcing Retirement

  8. Work Cited "The Bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton." Old Police Cells Museum, www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/page/ the_bombing_of_the_grand_hotel_in_brighton?path=0p303p. "Margaret Thatcher Foundation." Margaret Thatcher Foundation,       www.margaretthatcher.org/. History, editor. "Margaret Thatcher." History, www.history.com/topics/british-history/margaret-thatcher. Accessed 9 Oct. 2017. Hertzberg, Hendrik. "The Thatcherist." New Yorker, vol. 89, no. 10, 22 Apr. 2013, pp. 31-32. MasterFile Premier, EBSCO host, web.a.ebscohost.com.dmacc.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=4abb9390-d419- 4a6b-b01f- 0875b77798e8%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=87 682343&db=lkh. Accessed 15 Oct. 2017. Huffington Post, editor. "Margaret Thatcher's Love Triangle and How She First       Thought Her Husband Dennis Was 'Not Very Attractive.'" Huffington Post, 20       Apr. 2013, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/20/       iron-lady_margaret-thatcher-personal-life-love-triangle_n_3121753.html.       Accessed 25 Oct. 2017. Kingston, Anne. "Leaning In, Label-Free." Maclean's, vol. 126, no. 15, 22 Apr. 2013, p. 18. Business Source Elite, EBSCO host, web.a.ebscohost.com.dmacc.idm.oclc.org/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=67b37270-0a03- 4dbe-8f35- aedd1e285d13%40sessionmgr4008&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a ph&AN=86970253. Accessed 15 Oct. 2017.

  9. Work Cited "Margaret Thatcher Foundation." Margaret Thatcher Foundation,       www.margaretthatcher.org/. "Margaret Thatcher Speaking at Podium." gettyimages, www.gettyimages.com/detail/  news-photo/british-prime-minister-candidate-margaret-thatcher-speaks-news-photo/ 544377380#british-prime-minister-candidate-margaret-thatcher-speaks-at-a-podium-p icture-id544377380. New York Times. "Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister." New York Times, 9 Apr. 2017, p. pA22. Academic Search Complete, EBSCO host, www.dmacc.edu/library/Pages/welcome.aspx. Accessed 13 Oct. 2017. O'Sullivan, John. "Shots Heard 'Round the World." USA Today, vol. 139, no. 2786, Nov. 2010, pp. 25-27. Academic Search Premier, EBSCO host, web.a.ebscohost.com.dmacc.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=e26122c3 -08e4-4ff3-a588-2f73435a7597%40sessionmgr4010. Accessed 15 Oct. 2017. "Prime Minister’s office files (PREM) – 1985." The National Archives, 30 Dec. 2014, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/newly-released-files-1985-1986/ prime-ministers-office-files-prem-1985/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2017. Rayner, Gordon. "Margaret Thatcher dies: life after office." The Telegraph, 8 Apr. 2013, www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/8081180/ Margaret-Thatcher-dies-life-after-office.html. Accessed 25 Oct. 2017.

  10. Work Cited Shipton, Martin. "Whales Online." Margaret Thatcher 'lied to miners about jobs and the extent of her plans to close pits', 3 Mar. 2014,      www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/      margaret-thatcher-lied-miners-jobs-6763503. Accessed 25 Oct. 2017. Spectator. "Margaret Thatcher Remembered." Spectator, vol. 321, no. 9633, 13 Apr. 2013, p. 12. Academic OneFile, EBSCO host, go.galegroup.com.dmacc.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST &searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId= GALE%7CA326002181&docType=In+memoriam&sort=RELEVANCE&contentSegment=&prodId= AONE&contentSet=GALE%7CA326002181&searchId=R4&userGroupName=dmaaankeny&inPS =true. Accessed 15 Oct. 2017. Time. "An Interview with Thatcher." Time, vol. 117, no. 7, 16 Feb. 1981. Academic Search Premier, EBSCO host, web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=b44a8678-37a3-4873-ba48- 58220eb00405%40sessionmgr4009&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=54 219900&db=aph. Accessed 15 Oct. 2017. Walters, Simon. "Fury over 'moral reprobate' Labour candidate who wrote of disappointment that Mrs Thatcher didn't die in the Brighton bomb." Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers, 16 Feb. 2013, www.dailymail.co.uk/news/   article-2279886/ My-disappointment-Mrs-Thatcher-didnt-die-Brighton-bomb--Labours-Eastleigh-candida te.html. Accessed 25 Oct. 2017.

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