The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher: A Short Biography

By Doug West

Margaret Thatcher was a British stateswoman and the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From 1975 to 1990, she was the Leader of the Conservative Party. She was elected Prime Minister three times and served for 11 years, longer than any other British prime minister of the 20th century. Her political views, based on loose economics and individual self-realization, along with her policies, were referred to as Thatcherism, which for decades remained an influential political concept in the United Kingdom. Thatcherism was also used to describe Thatcher’s ethical principles and personal style, including such aspects as nationalism, individualism, or the refusal to compromise on the pursuit of certain political goals.
This short book covers Margaret Thatcher’s life in enough detail for the reader to learn about this amazing woman without having to read a large-volume biography.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Doug West
• Release date: Dec 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310004520

Doug West

Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and “How to” topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog “Millie” near Kansas City, Missouri.

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The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – A Short Biography

By Doug West, Ph.D.

The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher – A Short Biography

Copyright © 2016 Doug West

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 – Early Life and Education

Chapter 2 – Early Political Career

Chapter 3 – Premiership of the United Kingdom

Chapter 4 – Foreign Affairs

Chapter 5 – Later life and Death

Acknowledgements

Further Reading

About the Author

Introduction

Margaret Thatcher was a British stateswoman and the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From 1975 to 1990 she was the Leader of the Conservative Party, during which time she was elected for three terms successively as a Prime Minister, serving for 11 years, longer than any other British prime minister of the 20th century. Her political views, based on loose economics and individual self-realization, together with her policies, were reunited under the name of Thatcherism, which remained for a long time an influential political concept in the United Kingdom (UK). Thatcherism was also often used to refer to Thatcher’s ethical