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Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, to Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father owned two grocery stores and was active in local politics, serving as alderman and mayor.

Her mother was a homemaker. Thatcher won a scholarship to study chemistry at Oxford University, where she earned a degree in 1947.

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After graduation, she worked as a research chemist for a plastics company.

In 1950, Thatcher entered politics, winning a seat on the Conservative Party ticket for Dartford, Kent. She became a member of Parliament in 1959 and was appointed to the shadow cabinet in 1967.

In 1970, she was elected leader of the Conservative Party, becoming the first woman to head a major political party in the United Kingdom.

“I don’t mind how much my ministers talk, as long as they do what I say.”

– Margaret Thatcher

As prime minister from 1979 to 1990, Thatcher’s policies transformed the British economy.

She privatized state-owned industries, deregulated