Margaret Thatcher Pic 1 Stephanie Alvarez Global Studies II

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Margaret Thatcher
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• Stephanie Alvarez
• Global Studies II
• Okoth 10
• 4/07/07

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Contents

• Thesis
• Background Info
• Education
• Who Influenced Her
• Rise to Power
• First Term
• Second Term
• Third Term
• Downfall
• Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
• Legacy
• Works Cited
• Pictures Works Cited

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Thesis

• Although Margaret Thatcher made many mistakes
  that left her no choice but to resign from her
  decade of power in Great Britain, during her time
  as Prime Minister, she helped save Europe from
  Communism and lead Great Britain to its economic
  prosperity.

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Background Info

• Born October 13, 1925 Grantham Lincolnshire
• Family
• Mother Beatrice Roberts
• Father Alfred Roberts
• ran grocery business
• local councilor in Grantham
• one sister
• Methodist
• Community bounded together by traditions of
  self-help, charitable work, honesty
• Married (1951) Denis Thatcher
• Local businessman ran familys firm ? executive
  oil industry
• 1953- 2 children

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Thatchers congregation stressed the importance
of family values.
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Education

• Attended local state school
• Oxford University
• Studied chemistry at Somerville College
  (1943-1947)
• Tutor Dorothy Hodgkin
• 1950s trained as lawyer
• Specialized in taxation

Thatchers tutor, Dorothy Hodgkin, won the Nobel
Peace Prize (1964) for pioneering the X-ray.
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Who Influenced Her

• Father active in local politics and religion
• Family was from Liberal family, he was
  Independent
• Counselor in Grantham
• Talked to her about current affairs
• elected president of student Conservative
  Association
• met politicians
• known to party members

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Rise To Power
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• 1959- elected to Parliament
• Given junior office in Harold Macmillans
  administration
• 1964-1970- shadowed PM ? became authoritative
  figure in party
• 1970- Education Secretary
• Conservatives gained power under Edward Heath
• 1974- General Election ran against Heath
• 1st woman to ever lead political party and serve
  as Leader of the Opposition in the House of
  Commons
• leader of the largest party not in government in
  a Westminster System of parliamentary government
• alternative PM to the present incumbent
• leads rival alternative government Shadow
  Cabinet/ Opposition Front Bench

Sir Edward Heath was PM from 1970 to 1974 and
head of the Conservative Party from 1965-1975.
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First Term (1979-1983)

• Cut direct taxes? increase indirect taxes
• Inflation rising? interest rates raised
• Inflation was checked, government kept it low
• Unemployment rate grew at first, but then
  decreased in 1986
• 1981- GB entering recession
• Increased taxes but cut interest ? economic
  productivity increase
• April 1982- Argentines invaded Falkland Islands
• British Task Force regained control by June

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Second Term (1983-1987)

• Sold state assets (made up over 20 of economy)
• 1984-1985 violent miners union strike under
  military leadership
• IRA attempt to murder Thatcher and Cabinet
  members by bombing hotel in Brighton at
  Conservative party annual conference
• Westland Affair
• Problems with helicopter manufacturer
• Allowed U.S. warplanes to use air bases to attack
  Libya

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Third Term (1987-1990)

• 1988-reform education system
• 1989- new tax policies
• Community Charge
• 1990- change in National Health Service
• Economy boomed 1987-1988? over-productivity
• Monetary disagreement
• Pressured by other to equal the pound sterling to
  the Deutschmark by the European Exchange
  Mechanism (ERM)

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Downfall
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• Resignation of Cabinet members
• Michael Heseltine Defense Minister
• Nigel Lawson Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Sir Geoffrey Howe Foreign Secretary
• Separation of party
• Many social problems
• November 22, 1990 resigned

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Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business
together.
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• He was President for 8 of 11 years she was PM
• 1981- she was 1st foreign leader to visit him
  after his inauguration
• Same outlooks tax cuts, privatization of
  companies, laissez-faire, foreign affairs and
  free trade
• Anti-Communism
• Met with Gorbachev

Ronald Reagan was one of Margaret Thatchers
closest political and personal friends.
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Legacy
If you want anything said, ask a man. If you
want something done, ask a woman.

• 1st female PM
• over a decade of power Great Britains longest
  serving PM
• Set example for women
• Defeated socialism
• Promotes tax cuts, privatization of companies,
  free trade
• Influenced diplomacy used in the destruction of
  the Soviet Union

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Bibliography

• Congdon, Timothy. "A Rustproof Iron Lady."
  Foreign Policy No. 134. 2003. 13 Mar 2007
  ltwww.jstor.orggt.
• Jackson, Guida M.. Women Who Ruled. Santa
  Barbara ABC-Clio, 1990.
• Congdon, Timothy. "Prime Minister." Encyclopedia
  Britannica Online School Edition. 2007.
  Encyclopedia Britannica. 15 Mar 2007
  lthttp//school.eb.com/eb/article-257666gt.
• Pic 1- "Margaret Thatcher." Time Magazine. Time
  Magazine. 6 Apr 2007 lthttp//img.timeinc.net/time/
  magazine/archive/covers/1979/1101790514_400.jpggt.
  
• Pic 2- Flower, Kevin. "Britain reports progress
  on trial for Lockerbie suspects." CNN. Reuters. 6
  Apr 2007 lthttp//www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9902/14/l
  ockerbie/great.britain.map.jpggt.
• Pic 3- "The Scotsman." 2005. Scotsman. 6 Apr 2007
  lthttp//images.scotsman.com/2005/10/13/thatcher.jp
  ggt.
• Pic 4- "Dorothy Hodgkin." Pugwash Online. Pugwash
  Online. 6 Apr 2007 lthttp//www.pugwash.org/images/
  hodgkin-memory-of.jpggt.
• Pic 5- Guardian Unlimited. 6 Apr 2007
  lthttp//image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/P
  ix/pictures/2003/08/27/Heath_portrait_1959_2.jpggt.
  
• Pic 7- All Posters.com. 6 Apr 2007
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  /C57712Margaret-Thatcher-and-Ronald-Reagan-Poster
  s.jpggt.