The Iron Lady and Catherine the Great Billions of people currently live on Earth, but perhaps a small percentage of them will be remembered in history books tomorrow. Many people will gain some significance in their family history, but few will achieve global significance due to their accomplishments. So, what makes these selected few historically significant? Perhaps it was because they have done something that has affected the world after their deaths, or maybe it was an invention they created. Or maybe, they were the leaders of a movement or country that has changed society for the better. These historical people could have impacted the world politically, economically, or culturally. To be remember, they must have been groundbreaking …show more content…
From a young age, she was educated about politics from her father, a member in their town’s council, who taught Margaret about conservative politics ("Margaret Thatcher" 2). Margaret grew up in a house without running water; however, despite her challenges, she was able to win scholarships that allowed her to attend Somerville College, Oxford (Daniel). While attending Oxford University, she studied to become a research chemist but changed course, and was soon involved in politics, giving her first political speech at the age of 20 (Greene). In 1951, Margaret married Denis Thatcher, a wealthy businessman, with whom she had two children with ("Margaret Thatcher" 1). Then, in 1954, Thatcher became a barrister where she was able to further expand her experiences in the political field ("Margaret Thatcher" 1). In 1959, she was elected into Parliament, where she served in various positions, including education secretary, until her terms as prime minister (Greene). In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of Britain only six years after stating, "I don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime” …show more content…
Margaret grew up in an environment where she had to work very hard to achieve her goals. Her parents “emphasized self-help, charity, and personal truthfulness”, which taught Thatcher valuable skills that shaped her to become the person she became ("Margaret Thatcher" 3). During her childhood, she didn’t have luxuries but grew up with the items that could be afforded. Whereas, Catherine grew up with everything and anything she wanted due to her status of being a princess. Additionally, when she married Peter, she receive even more wealth and riches as the heir to the throne. Margaret Thatcher is more significant than Catherine II because she came from a humble beginning, which demonstrates how Thatcher rose out of the low class of society and was able to emerge into a higher class by accomplishing her goals which shows her dedication. Due to this, Thatcher was able to become the prime minister and accomplish great achievements that would influence Britain. Margaret is even more significant because Thatcher was able to overcome adversities, such as the lack of necessities and prejudice, to eventually become the first female prime minister. Margaret was able to achieve this title due to the amount of hard work that she went through despite her hard childhood that she endured. On the other had, Catherine II also achieved great accomplishments, but she had all of the
A female philosopher was rare in the seventeenth century. A female in the Royal Society was even rarer. Margaret Cavendish was both. Margaret Cavendish was born Margaret Lucas. The name change was a result of her marriage to William Cavendish, the Duke of Newcastle. It was difficult for a woman to have writings published in the seventeenth century. Cavendish was able to publish some works on her own but her husband’s influence gave her the opportunity to publish many more works. Her husband also put her in close proximity with very influential philosophers and scientists of the time such as Hobbes and Boyle. Thinkers such as Hobbes and Boyle were not willing correspond to Cavendish directly since she was a women, and at the time correspondence
How well known people are effects how influential you are, and while these 2 characters from history are not as influential as LeBron James and trending pop stars are in their time, they’ve used their influential abilities in positive ways that affect everyone today. Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. are both amazing leaders of the suffrage and civil rights movements. Anthony with Women’s rights, and King with African American’s rights took Civil Rights as a whole a few great leaps forward; brought forth an era where the Civil Rights Movement is something almost everyone believes in, that equal rights should be something everyone has. In these great leaps forward, King and Anthony have used their influential abilities to help start, carry on, and pass on a legacy. This is a legacy that is the idea or thought that everyone is equal.
What makes Lewis and Clark truly significant historical figures, or not? It depends on your perspective. To the Native Americans, it was the beginning of an end. Their lives will be changed forever by their contact with the fur traders, soldiers, and missionaries that followed in the wake of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Certainly the changes will be gradual, but changes none the less.
Kim Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister, rose quickly in her political standings reaching, what she would find to be the height of her career only seven years after entering politics. It appeared like the loss of the 1993 election and the all around destruction of the Progressive Conservative party was completely Kim Campbell’s fault however actually was a joint effort by Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell. Kim Campbell rose so quickly in her political status that she did not have the experience that most of the others MPs had at her level. The Tories were finishing their second term in power and the people of Canada were displeased with Brain Mulroney by the time of his resignation. Kim Campbell was voted in as Prime Minister by her party and was not elected by the people of Canada. During the 1993 election Kim Campbell had an American company make a commercial that mocked Liberal party leader Jean Chrétien’s physical disability. Kim Campbell’s first entered politics in 1986. She first won a provincial seat in Vancouver and in 1988 she won her bid for the House of Commons. She had many good ideas, one of them being the USA-Canada Free Trade Agreement. This part of her campaign was recognized by Brian Mulroney who was the current Prime Minister. In 1989 Mulroney appointed Kim Campbell to the position of Minister of State for Indian and Northern Affairs. Later, in 1990 she was appointed Minister of Justice and a year later became the Minister of Defence.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher was Britain’s first female Prime Minister, leading England for almost eleven years. Nicknamed “ The Iron Lady” associated with her inflexible politics and strong mind , she had created policies that are now know to be called “Thatcherism.”Born on October 13,1925 in Grantham, England, Margaret grew up in a conservative home into a family of grocers and was introduced to politics through her father who was a local businessman and a member of the town council. Margaret married Denis Thatcher in 1951 and a year later welcomed their twins Carol and Mark Thatcher .
The conservative approach to state intervention post 1979 has been on the whole to go for the minimum as is illustrated in their economic policy and this was included in their critique of government economic policy at that time. On the whole the government felt that levels of state intervention were far too high in regards to the economy which led to various negative consequences such as making industry uncompetitive and laid back since the government would bail them out at the first sign of smoke as Labour always did. They also felt it destroyed the incentives for individual entrepreneurship leading people into not achieving their full potential as it was not worth there while, this led to lack of money within the economy as well as top businessmen leaving for pastures new. On the whole Thatcher was a strong advocate of believing regulation by the state should be minimised as it had a large amount of control over things like wages, prices, profits and production systems which was thought to stifle business expansion. Most regulation was in nationalised industries and the way this problem was solved was through privatisation which was a major step towards reducing state intervention in the economy. This was passing major sections of the economy that were state run onto the private sector, although it did contain advantages such as managers pursuing profits it was primarily the disengagement of the state that was at the heart of “Thatcherism”, and this policy was indeed rather Thatcheresque. Classical economics believed state interference was negative and Thatcher considered herself as a modern heir to this classical view. Of course privatisation was a trend that continued beyond the 1980’s and with New Labour who converted to it b...
Catherine Moore was born on October 22, 1752 and grew up with 10 siblings. She lived with her family in Piedmont, South Carolina until she married Andrew Barry at age 15. During the Revolution, she was an important part of warning people of the British attack during the battle of Cowpens in 1781. Her extensive knowledge of the area helped her navigate quickly through the Indian Trails to notify the colonial military forces of the approaching army. With that knowledge, both she and the general set a trap for the British army. After the trap was a success, General Cornwallis of the British army retreated right into the hands of George Washington in Yorktown, Virginia. Catherine was soon named the heroine of Cowpens.
On February 12, 1809, in a log cabin with a dirt floor, a baby was born. This was no ordinary baby, it was one of the most important men in American history. His name was Abraham Lincoln. He was not the only important person in American history however. Theodore Roosevelt and George Washington were also important to history. Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln all positively impacted America in many ways.
... the poor and sick when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 (Tucker). (WC-827)
Catherine the Great was an empress of Russia who ruled from 1762 to 1796, the longest reign of any female Russian leader. Although her reign is clouded in rumors and legends she was still able to greatly expand her country's empire. Catherine the Greats story begins like most others, born of two parents, her Father Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst and her Mother Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp. But don’t let that fool you. Her story consists of many twists and turns that sets her apart from others, with the outcome of greatness. Catherine the Great also known as Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst was born May 2, 1729, in Szczecin, Poland. Not much is said on her education but it is believed that she acquired formal education. The year is 1744, and a 15-year-old Sophie was just invited to Russia by Elizabeth who had assumed the throne three years earlier. Elizabeth eventually choosing her nephew Peter as heir was now looking for a bride. Their marriage took place on August 21, 1745. Catherine and Peter had a rocky marriage from the start so when eight long years passed without...
LeGuin is able to elaborate more on this by mentioning if someone could tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan. Margaret Thatcher was truly an extraordinary woman, she became Great Britain's first female Prime Minister and longest serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century. Margaret Thatcher also know as the Iron Lady for her extreme conservatism, believed herself that their would never be a female British Prime Minister, well not in her lifetime. Thatcher was most surely a feminist though, she once said “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” LeQuin is able to make a logical appeal to her audience by providing it with the example of Margaret Thatcher and her groundbreaking achievements. Additionally, she is able to make an appeal to pathos, by addressing “Because you are human beings you are going to meet failure.
The significance of these men and the impact they have had on western civilization is what makes the great issues that we study today. These are in fact the lives and the legacies left behind by individual people. Without these people, where would our society be? That is a question that we will never know. However, could of someone else created the same result? Is it destiny for certain things to occur? We do not know, but we do know that these individuals have created great issues of history. Great issues are the result of one individual in an event or movement that affects how we live life today. As a modern example, look at the situation in Colorado, that is the work of individuals. The power, influence, and actions of one man to create a great issue can not be overlooked. Not that the results of their actions is either good or bad, but their actions have created great issues, ones that will effect our lives and everyone’s to follow.
Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of Great Britian. Margaret changed many policies and she also defended strongly other government policies.
Over the period of 67 years, Catherine the Great- a former Empress of Russia in the 1700’s- used various methods in order to implement foreign policy unto her nation and the nations around her. Her accomplishments in foreign policy not only caused drastic changes in her own country for her own people, but also in surrounding countries and their people. The most impressive and life-altering achievement of Catherine the Great was the way in which she intelligently and manipulatively went about her way in seizing control over one-third of Poland.
First in order to determine if she was doing it for a cause greater than herself one must study Sanger herself to determine if she had a reason to fight for women’s rights as hard as she did. Margaret Sanger was a married woman which means that Sanger was not always her last name. Her maiden name was Margaret Louise Higgins and she was born on the fifteenth of September in 1879 in Corning, New York (Smith College). She was the sixth child in the family which was not wealthy by any means. She was educated and