001 Margaret Thatcher

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00:00Women who change the world.

00:30Women who change the world.

00:32Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding

00:36the problems of running a country.

00:39Margaret Roberts was born in Grantham, England on October 13, 1925.

00:44Roberts lived a harsh life, with no kindergarten, stream water and bathroom inside.

00:49Margaret was the second daughter in the family.

00:51Since infancy, she was adored by her father, who tried to implement his ambitions through

00:56her.

00:57Margaret took all the efforts to make an ideal of her.

01:00Margaret's mother was a housekeeper and didn't carry any impact in daughter fostering.

01:04Her father became the mayor of Grantham at a time when Margaret was in high school.

01:08It taught her to understand the nuances of political leadership from her childhood.

01:13She applied for scholarship to study chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford University, during

01:18her last year at school.

01:20At first, the refusal was received, but after the second applicant was withdrawn, Margaret

01:25managed to get a scholarship.

01:27She came to Oxford in 1943 and got second-class honors in 1947.

01:33After finishing the university, Roberts moved to Colchester, Essex County of England, where

01:38she worked as a research chemist for BX Plastics Company.

01:41She joined the local Conservative Party Association at that time.

01:45The association's chairmen were impressed with Margaret so much that they persuaded

01:49her to take part in the elections.

01:52Margaret was elected as a nominee only in 1951 and was included in the list of candidates.

01:58For the first time, Margaret fell in love when she studied at Oxford College, Somerville.

02:03Her chosen was a son of a count, whose parents threatened with financial deprivation, so the

02:08girl's love ended in disappointment.

02:10She met Dennis Thatcher at 23, and they married in 1951.

02:15Margaret didn't stop on her way to politics when twins Mark and Carol were born.

02:19Having four-month-old babies, she managed to qualify as a lawyer.

02:23Dennis was a pillar of support for her, and when he died at the age of 88, the Iron Lady cried

02:28for the first time in the presence of others.

02:31They lived together for 52 years.

02:34In 1961, the Prime Minister Macmillan offered Margaret a post of a junior minister for pensions

02:40and state insurance, with Conservatives back to power in 1970-1974 as Secretary of State

02:47for Education and Science.

02:49Thatcher stood the test of unpopularity, as she had to abolish free milk for grade school

02:54students for the sake of economies.

02:56On January 24, 1976, Margaret Thatcher was nicknamed the Iron Lady for the first time by the Soviet

03:04newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

03:07The nickname followed her forever.

03:09Thatcher became the first female prime minister in European history as a result of general elections

03:14in May of 1979.

03:17Her primary goal was to fight inflation as well as ineffective industry activity, especially

03:22in the public sector.

03:24For Thatcher's followers, she remains a political player that managed to restore British economics,

03:29deliver a major strike on trade unions, and restore Great Britain's image as a world power.

03:34The number of shareholding British residents rose from 7% to 25% as a result of her premiership.

03:41More than a million families bought houses that were local councils' property, which increased

03:46the number of householders from 55% to 67%.

03:50Personal wealth rose by 80%.

03:53Victory in the Falkland War and close union with the U.S. are also considered to be her

03:57most important achievements.

03:59In contrast, Thatcher's tenure was marked by high unemployment rate and regular strikes.

04:04Most of the critics faltered economic policies that were under heavy influence of monetarism

04:09in terms of unemployment.

04:11The problem caused drug abuse and family breakdown in its turn.

04:15Conversing in Scotland in April 2009, Thatcher insisted she had no regrets and had been right

04:21to introduce the poll tax and to withdraw subsidies from outdated industries whose markets were

04:26in terminal decline.

04:28Thatcher's premiership was the longest in the 20th century since Salisbury and the longest

04:33continuous period in office since Lord Liverpool.

04:37In 1987, the Conservatives formed up the government again, relying on the majority in the Parliament,

04:42when Thatcher became the first party leader that took the Prime Minister post three times

04:47in a row.

04:48Retired in 1990, she continued community work in the rank of Lady Caroline's Baroness.

04:56Women who changed the world.

04:57Women who changed the world.

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