Margaret thatcher
Margaret Thatcher came into power as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979. She had close ties to the President of the United States at the time, Ronald Reagan. Nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by her Soviet foes, Thatcher was elected leader of the conservative party in February of 1975. In a speech to the Chelsea Conservative Association, she expressed her support a "real détente" where Russia would show support in both actions and words. For the next 15 years, she insisted on speaking the truth about the Soviet Union and their actions both on her own and within the government.
Thatcher and Reagan acted not directly, but in concert, bouncing off of each other's policies and suggestions. This relationship ultimately lead to agreement on major challenges both of them faced in the 1980's after Reagan's electoral victory. Eight years after the deployment of cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, with the support of the Reagan and Thatcher, the United States and USSR signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, marking the beginning of the end of the cold war. Soviet leaders found Margaret Thatcher to be a "worthy opponent" due to the way she spoke only the truth about them, their policies, as well as communism as a whole.
For her country, Margret Thatcher made many social, cultural, and political changes during her time both on office and in other political positions. For example, Thatcher helped to decriminalize male homosexuality in Great Britain. With homosexuality growing in the eyes of publicity, Thatcher helped handle issues that were actually relevant to the mid seventies to the eighties. She also helped change the life of women as well by legalizing abortion. She also helped change the way that woman were viewed in politics by becoming the youngest woman to be Parliamentary Undersecretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance during Harold MacMillan's administration.
Thanks to the political and social work of Margaret Thatcher, she was able to stand as a symbol of democracy in the free world, change the image of an everyday woman that is actively involved in relevant, real world issues, and by the end of her term as Prime Minister, the Berlin Wall was even in the process of being demolished, signaling the beginning of the end.
Thatcher and Reagan acted not directly, but in concert, bouncing off of each other's policies and suggestions. This relationship ultimately lead to agreement on major challenges both of them faced in the 1980's after Reagan's electoral victory. Eight years after the deployment of cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, with the support of the Reagan and Thatcher, the United States and USSR signed the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, marking the beginning of the end of the cold war. Soviet leaders found Margaret Thatcher to be a "worthy opponent" due to the way she spoke only the truth about them, their policies, as well as communism as a whole.
For her country, Margret Thatcher made many social, cultural, and political changes during her time both on office and in other political positions. For example, Thatcher helped to decriminalize male homosexuality in Great Britain. With homosexuality growing in the eyes of publicity, Thatcher helped handle issues that were actually relevant to the mid seventies to the eighties. She also helped change the life of women as well by legalizing abortion. She also helped change the way that woman were viewed in politics by becoming the youngest woman to be Parliamentary Undersecretary at the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance during Harold MacMillan's administration.
Thanks to the political and social work of Margaret Thatcher, she was able to stand as a symbol of democracy in the free world, change the image of an everyday woman that is actively involved in relevant, real world issues, and by the end of her term as Prime Minister, the Berlin Wall was even in the process of being demolished, signaling the beginning of the end.