Margaret Thatcher Research Paper

Margaret Thatcher was an astonishing woman; she was the first and so far only female to hold office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Though a mighty and unstoppable force she was adored and hated by her allies and enemies alike. Thatcher was a political monster who dragged the United Kingdom through rain and shine, her emotions strong, her values structured she always managed to impress anyone who met her. She was known to be an unforgiving soul, Thatcher never failed to make a scene, and most of all speak as she wished. Born on October 13, 1925 her parents Alfred and Beatrice Roberts gave her the name Margaret Hilda Roberts. She was born and raised in a Methodist community in Grantham: a small

In 1964 the Conservative Party was once again in action and Margaret joined the party and became a senior member. Edward Heath the leader of the Conservative Party at the time asked Margaret to become a member of his cabinet, in 1970, the Conservative Party won the General Election and Margaret became the Minister of Education under the Prime Minister Heath. During her term as the Minister of Education British politics were un-pleasant and at its roughest, she faced many challenges with student radicalism at its highest. After his first term Heath failed to become re-elected in the next two General Elections, Margaret then challenged Heath for the seat of the leader of the Conservative Party and to everyone’s surprise including her own, won the seat. Margaret then became the first female to ever lead a Western political party. After being beat by Margaret, Heath became sour towards her and often criticized her methods and failures. Years after her triumph she won the General Election in 1979 and became the first female Prime Minister of Britain, her husband also became the first husband of a British Prime

Other Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom were much more hostile towards the Soviets; however Khrushchev was much more peaceful and believed in more diplomatic solutions rather than pointless violence therefore this cooled down tension between the two countries. Thatcher’s most major changes included reducing public benefits; this immediately caused her to become hated among many people. After two terms, most people including her own party members began to see Thatcher as a weak leader; her methods were controlling and did not help improve the status of Britain. On January 1986 at a conference Thatcher’s Defense Minister Michael Heseltine suddenly walked out and a few days afterward resigned; this began a downward spiral for Thatcher, many of her fellow party members turned against her and left her lone. After many years of moderately successful rule Thatcher was forced by her own party to resign on November 22,