Last Updated 04-20-25

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"Margaret Hilda Thatcher, British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 & Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady"


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