Margaret Thatcher (The Falkland Islands War, 1982)
•Known as the ‘Iron Lady’
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique
Summary: Margaret Thatcher was the first women elected as a European head of state. The government stayed out of economics, she gave people more freedoms and was very harsh with dealing with the Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War, this all made her very popular.
Question: Would people still have felt strongly about Margaret Thatcher if she hadn't dealt so strongly with the Falkland War?
"If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman."
-Margaret Thatcher