Margaret Thatcher

Born: Oct. 13, 1925 in England

Died: 2013

Unsuccessfully ran for Parliament before she won a Conservative seat in the House of Commons in 1959.

Created schools for working-class families as Sec. of Education.

As leader of the Conservative Party, she was elected as the first-ever female Prime Minister of the UK in 1979, serving over 11 years.

Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady,’ she was focused on nationalism, moral values & achieving political goals. 

She shared many of those values with Pres. Ronald Reagan of the US and their political leadership was called the “decade of conservatism.”

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”