1925 was the year that the Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was born. The 'Iron Lady' was known for her strong and stubborn leadership style and policies, and was in office as Prime Minister from 4th May 1979 to 28th November 1990.
Her controversial actions and policies aside, Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and thus far, no woman has achieved this status yet. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush in 1991. Various media representations of Thatcher have depicted a mixed response towards her personality, for example, Spitting Image showed her as a masculinised bully; Meryl Streep played her in The Iron Lady as a suffered of Alzheimer's disease; and the effects of her policies regarding the miners in the 1970s are portrayed in Billy Elliot. Today, Margaret Thatcher turns 87 years old!
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