Margaret Hilda Thatcher



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In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to serve as prime minister of the United Kingdom, a post she held until 1990. Thatcher rose to office with promises to restore Britain’s economic prosperity, and she worked toward this goal by selling and privatizing many government-owned industries. Thatcher’s tenure as prime minister included leading Britain to victory over Argentina in the brief military dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in 1982.

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