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THATCHERTHE IRON LADY
MARGARET
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want
something done, ask a woman.”
-Margaret Thatcher-
BRITISHPRIME MINISTER1979-1990
Margaret Hilda Roberts(13th Oct 1925~8th Apr
2013)
Europe’s 1st Female Prime Minister.
AKABaroness Thatcher of
KestevenMargaret ThatcherMargaret Roberts
Baroness Thatcher
Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK;
died in London, UK.
Longest serving British PM (11yrs) for over 150
years.
BIOGRAPHY
EARLY LIFE
Daughter of a local grocer.
Studied Chemistry in Oxford University.
Worked as a research chemist.
Married to Sir Denis Thatcher & has a pair of twins.
Introduced Margaret to conservative
politics.
Margaret served as the president of
Conservative Association during
University.
INFLUENCES
The Roberts Family.(From right to left: Muriel Roberts, Alfred Roberts, Beatrice Roberts, & Margaret Roberts (Margaret
Thatcher)).
Alfred Roberts(Margaret’s
Father) was a member of the town council & the Mayor
of Grantham.
POLITIC LIFE
In May 1979, Thatcher made history as she became Britain’s first female prime minister.
After graduates, she made her first bid for
public office.In 1950 elections, she
ran as the conservative candidate for Dartford parliamentary seat, yet she failed, and also for
the next year.
She stopped and married Sir Denis, and pursued
her study in law in 1952.
Finally in 1959, she won a seat in the House of Commons represent
Finchley.
Thatcher was appointed parliamentary under
secretary for pensions and national insurance. Then, secretary of state
for education and science.
She was elected as the leader of Conservative
Party in 1975.
Became the first woman served as the opposition
leader in the House of Commons.
TRAITS (LEADERSHIP STYLE)
Autocratic Leadership:• Clear direction• Authority and power• Keep strict, close control over followers
Transactional Leadership:• Strong Relationship Building
Charismatic Leadership:• Confident• Strong vision• Able to impose charismatic personal
authority
ACHIEVEMENTS
Right-to-Buy
Scheme
The Falklands
War
The End of the Cold
War
Supply Side
Reform & Entreprenu
ership
Foreign Investmen
t
Defeat of the Trade
Unions
Privatizations & Share Ownership
Thatcherism
Accelerated the
evolution of the British economy
from statism to liberalism
14th of June 1982: Argentine forces on the Falkland Islands surrender.
Led Britain in the Falklands War
In 1982, when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, Thatcher responded aggressively, authorizing the sinking of an Argentine cruiser in which more than 300 Argentine sailors died. After Argentina surrendered, Thatcher declared that Britain then had a “new spirit” of strength and her popularity at home soared. “Things cannot be the same again,” she said at the time. “For we have learned something about ourselves . . . a lesson which we desperately needed to learn. When we started out, there were the waverers and the faint-hearts. The people who thought that Britain could no longer seize the initiative for herself.”
ACHIEVEMENTS
Helps to end the Cold War
Her diplomacy and friendship with Gorbachev combined with her influence over President Reagan that meant talks were started to end the Cold War. Therefore, not only did she save Britain from becoming a third-world satellite state of the Soviet Union, together with Reagan she hastened the end of the Soviet Empire without starting any actual wars and helped to promote new thinking in the Kremlin.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Created the ThatcherismEconomic:• Free market• Small state• Privatisation
Social:• Anti-gay rights• Patriotism• Anti-immigration• “Victorian values”
ACHIEVEMENTS
REFERENCESPaul Owen (2013) - The life of Margaret Thatcher – timeline – theguardian.com – retrieved by 2016/4/17 fromhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/08/life-of-margaret-thatcher-timeline
Kelsey Lucas (2013) - TIMELINE: Margaret Thatcher’s Remarkable Life in Pictures – dailysignal.com – retrieved by 2016/4/17 fromhttp://dailysignal.com/2013/04/17/timeline-margaret-thatchers-remarkable-life/
Margaret Thatcher's timeline: From Grantham to the House of Lords, via Arthur Scargill and the Falklands War (2013) – independent.co.uk – retrieved by 2016/4/17 fromhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/margaret-thatchers-timeline-from-grantham-to-the-house-of-lords-via-arthur-scargill-and-the-8564555.html
VI-AN NGUNYEN (2013) - 5 Ways Margaret Thatcher Changed History –parade.com - retrieved by 2016/4/17 from http://parade.com/3256/viannguyen/5-ways-margaret-thatcher-changed-history/
Jonathan Lea (2013) - Margaret Thatcher’s Greatest Achievements – jonathanlea.net - retrieved by 2016/4/17 fromhttp://www.jonathanlea.net/2013/margaret-thatchers-greatest-achievements/
Grandlogistics (2011) – Sea Harries and the Harries in the Falklands War – grandlogistics.blogspot.com – retrieved by 2016/4/19 from http://grandlogistics.blogspot.my/2011/01/sea-harriers-and-harriers-in-falklands.html
Prepared by:
Tan Jingwei 0320137
Lee Wan Xuan 0325273
Erica Chin Ching 0320460
Liew Min Yee 0324525
Lee Zu Jing 0325706
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