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Apr 8, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher's Memorable Remarks: A Video Mash-up | The New York Times - YouTube. The New York Times. 4.46M subscribers. 25K. 3.3M views 11 years ago. Margaret Thatcher's...
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Apr 8, 2021 · Margaret Thatcher: The Rise Of The Iron Lady | This Lady's Not For Turning | Timeline - YouTube. Timeline - World History Documentaries. 5.19M subscribers. Subscribed. 2.6K. 158K views 3...
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Nov 8, 2010 · Subscribe to Iconic: http://bit.ly/zVEuIYMargaret Thatcher's famous Iron Lady speech. Thatcher speaks briefly on her view of the Russian military buildup.
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Jan 13, 2012 · 13 Videos. 98 Photos. Biography Drama. An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene. Director. Phyllida Lloyd. Writer. Abi Morgan. Stars. Meryl Streep. Jim Broadbent.
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Margaret Hilda Roberts, later Margaret Thatcher, was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, a small town in Lincolnshire, England. Her parents, Alfred and Beatrice, were middle-class shopkeepers and devout Methodists. Alfred was also a politician, serving as a town council member for 16 years before becoming an alderman in 1943 and mayor of Grantha...
In December 1951 Margaret married Denis Thatcher, a wealthy businessman. Less than two years later she gave birth to twins, Carol and Mark. Meanwhile, she was studying for the bar exams, which she passed in early 1954. She then spent the next few years practicing law and looking for a winnable constituency. Thatcher ran for parliament once more in ...
Thatcher was now one of the most powerful women in the world. She rejected the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, who advocated deficit spending during periods of high unemployment, instead preferring the monetarist approach of Chicago economist Milton Friedman. At her first conference speech, she chastised the Labour Party on economic groun...
The war and an improving economy propelled Thatcher to a second term in 1983. This time around, her government took on the trade unions, requiring them to hold a secret ballot before any work stoppage and refusing to make any concessions during a yearlong miners’ strike. In what became a key part of her legacy, Thatcher also privatized British Tele...
After Thatcher was elected to a third term in 1987, her government lowered income tax rates to a postwar low. It also pushed through an unpopular “community charge” that was met with street protests and high levels of nonpayment. On November 14, 1990, former Defense Minister Michael Heseltine challenged her for leadership of the party, partly due t...
The items stored in this section of the site are texts, but many of the most important statements are also available in audio or video form in the separate Multimedia section. Overview Between 1945-90 every statement made by Margaret Thatcher is listed, as far as can be known.
(3m 24s) tv-pg. Learn about the life and political career of the UK's first female prime minister, "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher, in this video.
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