Margaret Thatcher bio

Totally not copy-pasted by Victor Abel

Early Life
She was born Margaret Roberts in Grantham, England on October 13, 1925. Her father was a store owner. Margaret learned early on about politics from her father Alfred who served as both alderman and Mayor of Grantham. Margaret attended Oxford University where she graduated with a degree in Chemistry.

While attending Oxford, Margaret became interested in politics. She became a conservative and served as president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. After graduating in 1947 she got a job working as a chemist.

Entering Politics
A few years later Margaret tried running for office for the first time. She ran for a public charge in the parliment in Dartford twice, losing both times. She then went back to school and earned her law degree.

In 1959 Thatcher won a public charge on the House of Commons, where she went on to serve there for the next 30 years.

In 1975 when the Conservative Party lost the majority position, she became Leader of the Opposition and also was the first woman to do so.

Serving as Prime Minister
Thatcher became Prime Minister of the UK on May 4, 1979 and served that charge for over 10 years.

At the beginning of her term she implemented a bunch of reforms including privatization, union reform,

increased interest rates, and changes in taxes.

While serving as a prime minister she commanded the British army to defend the British Falkland Islands from Argentinian invaders Margaret also allied herself with the US President Ronald Reagan to fight against communism and the soviet union during the cold war.

In order to improve economy, she privatized some government run companies.This move helped over time as price were reduced.

On November 28, 1990 Thatcher resigned from office under pressure from the conservatives that her policies on taxes were going to hurt them in the coming elections.

Retirement and death.
Margaret continued to serve as a Member of Parliament until 1992 when she retired. She remained active in politics, wrote several books, and gave speeches for the next 10 years.

She died on April 8, 2013 in London.