Margret Thatcher: Great Britain's First Female Prime Minister

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Margret Thatcher was Great Britain’s first female prime minister who served three consecutive terms in office. She was also one of the dominant political figures of 20th century Britain. According to the BBC, Margret Thatcher changed the British country during her time in the office; in fact, she reduced the influence of trade unions, scaled back public benefits, privatized certain industries and changed the terms of political debate . However, the news of Margaret Thatcher’s death in 2013 was met a mixture of sadness and rejoicing by the British people. Why was Thatcher respected by some, but hated by others? Firstly, Margret Thatcher was hated for several reasons, for instance, cutting the school milk. In order to understand why she did what she did, it is necessary to look back when she was education secretary. In 1971 while she was the education secretary, the government …show more content…

According to the movie, “The iron lady” a lot of the people did not agree with her sending many soldiers to the Falkland Islands to fight against the Argentines soldiers because it was not necessary. However, they thought that Thatcher could negotiate with them. Thatcher never listened to them and just sent the soldiers to fight. Several people died, but at the end of it, Britain won the war. Therefore, many people respected her choice and thought that it was a very good idea to send soldiers, because if not, they would have never gotten the Islands back. To sum briefly, Margret Thatcher did many positive things to the British country, as well as bad things. On the one hand, she fought for her country, regardless of how much it would cost the country, for instance taking back the Falkland Islands. On the other hand, she changed people’s view on women and she was part of making Britain what it is today. However, she was also responsible for high unemployment, poverty and a divide in the social

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