MARGARET THATCHER
I was born, was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on Oct. 13, 1925, in Lincolnshire, England. I went to Oxford and majored in chemistry. After graduating, in 1947, my first job was as a research chemist for a plastics company in Essex. Afterwards, I started to study law and became involved in the legal practice. I first ran for public office in 1950, and at the age of 24 I was the youngest women candidate. I lost that election for a seat in the Labour Party. In 1951, I married Dennis Thatcher and in 1953 I had twins, Carol and Mark. They didn't slow me down much. I ran two more times until I finally received a seat in the House of Commons, in 1959. Then I finally received my big break. I ran for the party leader, they only gave me a 50 to 1 change of winning, but I did. At the age of 49 I became the first woman to lead on of Britain's major political parties. In Britain, if the political party that is in power is not ruling properly then new elections are held to vote for t!he party that should be in power, so then I was infact a candidate f
------------------------------------------------------------------------ I tried to do all she could to make the economy better after WWII. I worked on laws and policies that I believed would help strengthen the economy by cutting government-subsidized programs. I started selling off government owned properties like British Telecom, British Air, and Rolls Royce, to the public. I tried to improve the value of living. I made the basic income tax drop from 33 to 25 percent and the top rate drop from 83 to 40 percent. The percent of people owning their own houses raised from 52 to 66 percent. I also tried to help Mikhail Gorbachev on 1984 to loosen his governmental control over the Soviet economy. I tried to help convince US that Gorbachev was a good guy, sincere and trustworthy. In 1990, I sent a strong military force over to the Persian Gulf to try to help the US oppose Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. My bold and out spoken stand against Communism helped me get my nickname "The Iron Lady." I wasn't afraid to speak about anything and
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