1979- 1990 as PM
Came to power during the winter of discontent
Controversial
Although some might praise her as a strong female leader, most women during her premiership hated her
She do that thing with the argentinians
Thatcherism (political/economic policy)
Iron lady
Monetarism :O (Hayek)
Trade union hater
Thatcherism Thatcherism attempts to promote low inflation, the
small state and free markets through tight control of the money supply, privatisation and constraints on the labour movement.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/jan/05/margaret-thatcher-feminist-icon
Natasha Walter, writer and campaigner No British woman this century can come close to her achievements in grasping power. Someone of the wrong sex and the wrong class broke through what looked like invincible barriers to reach into the heart of the establishment women who complain that Margaret Thatcher was not a feminist because she didn't help other women or openly acknowledge her debt to feminism have a point, but they are also missing something vital, She normalised female success. She showed that although female power and masculine power may have different languages, different metaphors, different gestures, different traditions, different ways of being glamorous or nasty, they are equally strong, equally valid.. No one can ever question whether women are capable of single-minded vigour, of efficient leadership, after Margaret Thatcher. She is the great unsung heroine of British feminism.
Mary Beard, classics professor Well, she wasn't a feminist, nor will she ever be a "Feminist icon" in my sense of the word. But we can't deny that having our first woman prime minister was a major symbolic leap forward. And it's salutary for those on the left to be reminded that positive social change does sometime come from the right.
Linda Grant, author Contents
"Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative party at the height of the women's movement, yet she was completely apart from our campaigns, our passions and our identity. She was the middle-aged woman with the hats, the pearls, the teeth, the strangled high-pitched voice, and the policies which had nothing to do with equal pay for work of equal value, free abortion on demand or Take Back the Night marches."
Encouraged government deregulation, free-market economics
Sought the privatisation of nationalised industries (i.e. transferring ownership of government-run industries to privately-owned corporations)
Limited the power of trade unions (organised labour groups)
Promoted individualism and self-reliance in opposition to the 'welfare state'
Enacted tax cuts (for everyone, but with those on the highest incomes seeing the greatest benefit)
Thatcher is often credited with having revitalised the British economy - inflation (temporarily) went down, while incomes rose. However, by 1982 (the year Top Girls premiered):
