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    Ethel. She was the first and only woman to be the prime minister of the United Kingdom and serve three terms in a row in two decades. She became prime minister of the United Kingdom on May 4th, 1979. However, Thatcher had a seat in the Parliament for Finchley in London in 1959, and she held that position until 1992 when she retired. She also became the Minister of Education and got elected the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. During her time as prime minster, Thatcher put the Falkland Islands

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    The character Mr Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B Priestley is a greedy, arrogant and selfish ‘hardheaded businessman’, father of two, Sheila Birling and Eric Birling. Through Mr Birling Priestley shows what upper middle-class men were like in 1912. I believe Priestley set the play in 1912 and first performed it in 1946 because this date represented an era where everything was different. In 1912 there was a strict class system and gender roles, Priestley took the chance the end of the war had

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    Toto Koopman Speech

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    Attention getter: Who was Toto Koopman? Not many people know, or care to know. Most people assume she’s that dog from the Wizard of Oz, but I assure you, Toto Koopman was much, much more interesting. B. Brief background to topic: Toto Koopman was a mixed race model, actress, and spy in the 1930s and 40s, and frankly, I’m surprised she doesn’t already have a movie about her life. C. Audience Relevance: Unfortunately, diverse women from history are often overlooked, and their stories often go

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    Aisa Sam English 015 Dr. Froehlich 28 October 2015 The Iron Lady -Margret Thatcher. The first female prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher was a stern and dominant political leader. She has made a huge impact in the history of the world. She believed in working towards her goals and achieving them accordingly. A popular quote form her is “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” She was not a feminist. In fact, as at the time she left office, she

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    Margaret Thatcher is a household name in England for many reasons. The chief reason is because she became the first woman to be elected as Prime Minister of England. She was elected as Prime Minister in 1979-1990.. Until that time, although England was led by queens, the prime minister position in England was only held by men. Margaret changed all of that and won by a landslide. In this essay we will discuss 1) brief history of the life of Margaret Thatcher and 2)the concept called Thatcherism

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    The conception that Margret Thatcher as a feminist role model is an arguable one at that. In 1979 Margret Thatcher, Britain’s Conservative Party leader, was the first women to be elected as Prime Minister after winning the general election with a slim majority of 44 seats . Although this was a monumental day for women in power it held significant defeat for the feminist movements to the extent that on this day women held signs reading, “We want women's right's - not a right-wing woman.” This is

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    Margaret Thatcher as Margaret Hilda Roberts was born October 13, 1925 in Grantham, England to Alfred Roberts, a grocer, preacher, and local mayor, and Beatrice Ethel. She, along with her younger sister, Muriel, spent most of their childhood in Grantham, helping with their father’s grocery business. Margaret’s father was active in local politics and brought up Margaret and Muriel as strict Methodists. He became Mayor of Grantham in 1945, but lost his position as alderman in 1952, when the Labor Party

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    Sir Ronald. A. Fisher

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    Matthew Sooy Intro to Statistics November 28, 2016 Ruffalo Sir Ronald Alymer Fisher Sir Ronald A. Fisher was born on February 17, 1890, in the small town of East Finchley, in London, England. Fisher was an English statistician and biologist who used math to combine genetics and natural selection. Fisher was born into a wealthy family where he was the second born of twins. George Fisher, who was Ron’s father, was an successful arts dealer, his mother was a lawyer’s. Ron was fortunate enough to have

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    inspector calls was written by J . B Priestley in 1945. It was set in midland town in 1912. Inspector calls was based around a family that got a visit from a visit regarding the death of a woman named Eva smith. The inspector came to visit a well respected family also known the Birling family, to ask questions whether they knew this young women. when this play was set in 1912 the society was not equal, people from higher class and that had good job where more powerful, whereas the lower class were

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    Margaret Hild Roberts which also, called “The Iron lady” was the greater and effective leader in British politics. She was born on October 13, 1925 at Grantham in the United Kingdom’s. She lived in a simple family and her father was working in simple local shop. She was educated at local schools. Thatcher was an excellent student during her study of chemistry at Oxford University in 1947. Her father was a member of the town’s council so he helped her to register for conservative political, this

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