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Posted On: October 13th 2026, 07:42 pm
Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13th, 1925 in Grantham, England. She would have turned 101 today.
She was born Margaret Roberts and grew up in the flat above her family’s shop. She studied chemistry at Oxford, worked as a research chemist, and then retrained as a barrister specializing in tax law.
In 1979 she became the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She held the job for 11 years, longer than any other British Prime Minister of the 20th century.
A Soviet army newspaper nicknamed her “the Iron Lady” in 1976 as an insult. She took the name and used it for the rest of her career.
In 1984 the IRA bombed her hotel in Brighton during her party’s conference, killing five people. She was at her conference speech the next morning, on schedule.
She was one of the most admired and one of the most opposed leaders of her time, and people still argue about her legacy today. She died of a stroke on April 8th, 2013. She was 87.
“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
She was born Margaret Roberts and grew up in the flat above her family’s shop. She studied chemistry at Oxford, worked as a research chemist, and then retrained as a barrister specializing in tax law.
In 1979 she became the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She held the job for 11 years, longer than any other British Prime Minister of the 20th century.
A Soviet army newspaper nicknamed her “the Iron Lady” in 1976 as an insult. She took the name and used it for the rest of her career.
In 1984 the IRA bombed her hotel in Brighton during her party’s conference, killing five people. She was at her conference speech the next morning, on schedule.
She was one of the most admired and one of the most opposed leaders of her time, and people still argue about her legacy today. She died of a stroke on April 8th, 2013. She was 87.
“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
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2 days agobruce62385
She destroyed industry in Scotland, Wales and Northern England, many of these places gave still have not recovered. She made a few people in London extremely rich.
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