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    Margaret Thatcher, appropriately nicknamed the Iron Lady (Pearce, 2004) for her strong will and confrontational style in British politics, became the first female Prime Minister for Great Britain as the leader of the Conservative party. Her style and influence helped change the political landscape in Britain and her leadership helped bring an end to the Cold War (Brown, 2008). From her early childhood, Thatcher was preparing herself for such an opportunity. An analysis of Thatcher’s leadership

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    Book Report: Statecraft: Strategies For A Changing World, By Margaret Thatcher The late Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997), in his book Russian Thinkers, wrote something thoughtful and piercing - "...that there could not in principle be any simple or final answer to any genuine human problem; that if a question was serious and indeed agonizing, the answer could never be clear-cut or neat."(Volume 19 - Issue 17, August 17 - 30, 2002 India's National Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU) Reflections on

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    Margaret Thatcher’s long history of foreign affairs began in 1979 with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Thatcher personally condemned the invasion. She convinced various British athletes that were to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics to boycott the games. This action was very much in line with the tenants of liberalism, which includes fighting for liberty and equality. Thatcher provided weak support to then President of the United Sates Jimmy Carter who attempted to punish the Soviet Union with

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    reason, simply to change the world. Born and raised in Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham, Lincolnshire was Margaret Roberts. She studied in Oxford University, Somerville College, and Grantham Girl’s High school. Brief Biography During her term in the office, Margaret transformed almost every facet of British politics, she revitalized the economy, rebuilding the outdated establishment, and electrifying the nation’s foreign policy. Margaret Thatcher challenge and did very much to topple the attitude of

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    Quote: “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher This quote is a saying developed by Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013). She was the first and only recorded female British Prime Minister so far. Margaret accomplished an extraordinary feat and serves as an inspiration to many people throughout the world. She’s conveyed as an inspiration to England and she decided that, because she had accomplished something so great, she would inspire people with not only her actions

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    Source 1 is Margaret Thatcher 's opinion upon her tenure as Prime Minister, making it a subjective source due to it being written by the woman who was in control during these economic policies being introduced and agreed with them on an ideological level. It is likely to over-emphasise their role in any positive outcomes for the country, and to the positives of the period overall, as well as to ignore negative outcomes. The Downing Street Years was published in 1993 and written a few months prior

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    1.2.Early life Margaret Hilda Roberts was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 13 October 1925. She spent her childhood in Grantham. She had one sister Muriel, who was four years older. Her parents were Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. The family`s social life was lived largely within the close community of the local congregation, bounded by strong traditions of self-help, charitable work, and personal truthfulness.Her father Alfred Roberts was very active in local politics and the Methodist church,where

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    Margaret Thatcher, in her eulogy for Ronald Reagan, described him as every person would wished to be talked about. She lauds upon his good nature and successful actions as president. Her use of informal diction, parallel structure, and satire had the effect of giving Ronald Reagan's life a memorable ending. Her use of informal diction when talking about Reagan and his life allows the audience to get a feeling of closeness to him, even after he died. Margaret Thatcher very rarely uses his full name

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    Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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    This quote by Margaret Thatcher“ You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” The quote by Margaret has a lot of meaning, such perseverance which is steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc. especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement and determination is the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or setting a purpose. Margaret was born on October 13,1925 and died in April 8, 2013. She was the first British Prime Minister. Margaret’s quote

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    Baroness Thatcher, also know as the ‘Iron Lady’ due to her uncompromising politics and leadership, led Britain for 11 years. Margaret Thatcher’s leadership was determined, persistent, intelligent and diplomatic, showing at times such as the miner strike, the Winter of Discontent, the Falkland War and the Cold War. Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Winter of Discontent.As she came to power the first thing she decided to tackle was the ‘enemy within’, or, the

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