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Margaret ThatcherCommemorative CoinBritians First Woman Leader
It has an image of the Great Leader on one side with the words \"The iron Lady\" which was her nickname
The Reverse side is Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland coloured in with the colors of our Flag the Union Jack
The coin is 40mm in diameter, weighs about 1 oz
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1Margaret Thatcher, in full Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, née Margaret Hilda Roberts (born October 13, 1925, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England—died April 8, 2013, London), British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister. The only British prime minister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms and, at the time of her resignation, Britain’s longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827, she accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British political leader since Winston Churchill.Early Years
The daughter of Alfred Roberts, a grocer and local alderman (and later mayor of Grantham), and Beatrice Ethel Stephenson, Thatcher formed an early desire to be a politician. Her intellectual ability led her to the University of Oxford, where she studied chemistry and was immediately active in politics, becoming one of the first woman presidents of the Oxford University Conservative Association. After graduating in 1947 she worked for four years as a research chemist, reading for the bar in her spare time. From 1954 she practiced as a barrister, specializing in tax law. In 1951 she married a wealthy industrialist, Denis Thatcher (b. 1915—d. 2003), who supported her political ambition. The couple had twins, a son and a daughter, in 1953.
Thatcher first ran for Parliament in 1950 but was unsuccessful, despite increasing the local Conservative vote by 50 percent. In 1959 she entered the House of Commons, winning the “safe” Conservative seat of Finchley in northern London. She rose steadily within the party, serving as a parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (1961–64), as chief opposition spokesman on education (1969–70), and as secretary of state for education and science (1970–74) in the Conservative government of Edward Heath. While a member of the Heath cabinet (Thatcher was only the second woman to hold a cabinet portfolio in a Conservative government), she eliminated a program that provided free milk to schoolchildren, provoking a storm of controversy and prompting opponents in the Labour Party to taunt her with cries of “Thatcher the milk snatcher.” She also created more comprehensive schools—introduced by the Labour Party in the 1960s to make rigorous academic education available to working-class children—than any other education minister in history, though they were undermined during her tenure as prime minister. After Heath lost two successive elections in 1974, Thatcher, though low in the party hierarchy, was the only minister prepared to challenge him for the party leadership. With the backing of the Conservative right wing, she was elected leader in February 1975 and thus began a 15-year ascendancy that would change the face of Britain.Prime MinisterBRITANNICA STORIESDEMYSTIFIED / SCIENCEHow Do You Tell the Difference Between Total, Annular, Solar, and Lunar Eclipses?solar eclipse, sun, moon, astronomy, spaceSPOTLIGHT / SCIENCEThe Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science CelebrityAlbert Einstein.SPOTLIGHT / HISTORYThe Mechanical Turk: AI Marvel or Parlor Trick?game and gambling, gaming machines, chess playing Turk, design by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734 - 1804), built by Christoph Mechel, mechanical turkDEMYSTIFIED / MUSICDoes Listening to Mozart Make Kids Smarter?Pregnant woman holding headphones on her bellyThatcher led the Conservatives to a decisive electoral victory in 1979 following a series of major strikes during the previous winter (the so-called “Winter of Discontent”) under the Labour Party government of James Callaghan. As a prime minister representing the newly energetic right wing of the Conservative Party (the “Dries,” as they later called themselves, as opposed to the old-style moderate Tories, or “Wets”), Thatcher advocated greater independence of the individual from the state; an end to allegedly excessive government interference in the economy, including privatization of state-owned enterprises and the sale of public housing to tenants; reductions in expenditures on social services such as health care, education, and housing; limitations on the printing of money in accord with the economic doctrine of monetarism; and legal restrictions on trade unions. The term Thatcherism came to refer not just to these policies but also to certain aspects of her ethical outlook and personal style, including moral absolutism, fierce nationalism, a zealous regard for the interests of the individual, and a combative, uncompromising approach to achieving political goals.
Margaret Thatcher, 1980s.Margaret Thatcher, 1980s.Tim Graham/AlamyTEST YOUR KNOWLEDGESultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque at dusk, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. World Religions & TraditionsThe main impact of her first term was economic. Inheriting a weak economy, she reduced or eliminated some governmental regulations and subsidies to businesses, thereby purging the manufacturing industry of many inefficient—but also some blameless—firms. The result was a dramatic increase in unemployment, from 1.3 million in 1979 to more than double that figure two years later. At the same time, inflation doubled in just 14 months, to more than 20 percent, and manufacturing output fell sharply. Although inflation decreased and output rose before the end of her first term, unemployment continued to increase, reaching more than three million in 1986.
Thatcher embarked on an ambitious program of privatization of state-owned industries and public services, including aerospace, television and radio, gas and electricity, water, the state airline, and British Steel. By the end of the 1980s, the number of individual stockholders had tripled, and the government had sold 1.5 million publicly owned housing units to their tenants.BRITANNICA LISTS & QUIZZESMRI Image Of Head Showing BrainHEALTH & MEDICINE QUIZThe Human BrainUrtica dioica, often called common nettle or stinging nettleSCIENCE LIST7 Plants You Can’t Even TouchThe Pulitzer wall at the New York Times, celebrating the journalistic awards received by the newspaper and its journalists. Pulitzer prizeARTS & CULTURE QUIZPulitzer PrizeEntrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 ’Cheese Rolling’ held at Cooper’s Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth EnglandSOCIETY LIST7 of the World’s Most Dangerous FestivalsNonetheless, rising unemployment and social tensions during her first term made her deeply unpopular. Her unpopularity would have ensured her defeat in the general election of 1983 were it not for two factors: the Falkland Islands War (1982) between Britain and Argentina, over possession of a remote British dependency in the South Atlantic, and the deep divisions within the Labour Party, which contested the election on a radical manifesto that critics dubbed the “longest suicide note in history.” Thatcher won election to a second term in a landslide—the biggest victory since Labour’s great success in 1945—gaining a parliamentary majority of 144 with just over 42 percent of the vote.
Thatcher entered office promising to curb the power of the unions, which had shown their ability to bring the country to a standstill during six weeks of strikes in the winter of 1978–79. Her government enacted a series of measures designed to undermine the unions’ ability to organize and stage strikes, including laws that banned the closed shop, required unions to poll their members before ordering a strike, forbade sympathy strikes, and rendered unions responsible for damages caused by their members. In 1984 the National Union of Mineworkers began a nationwide strike to prevent the closing of 20 coal mines that the government claimed were unproductive. The walkout, which lasted nearly a year, soon became emblematic of the struggle for power between the Conservative government and the trade union movement. Thatcher steadfastly refused to meet the union’s demands, and in the end she won; the miners returned to work without winning a single concession.
Margaret Thatcher, 1983.Margaret Thatcher, 1983.APA terrorist bombing at a Conservative Party conference in Brighton in 1984, the work of the Irish Republican Army, nearly killed Thatcher and several senior members of her government. After battling Ken Livingstone’s Labour-led London government, Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council in 1986. By the end of Thatcher’s second term, few aspects of British life had escaped the most sweeping transformation of Britain since the postwar reforms of the Labour Party.
Britannica KidsCONNECT WITH BRITANNICAIn foreign affairs, the Falklands War illuminated her most significant international relationship, with Ronald Reagan, president of the United States (1981–89). Thatcher and Reagan, who together made the 1980s the decade of conservatism, shared a vision of the world in which the Soviet Union was an evil enemy deserving of no compromise, and their partnership ensured that the Cold War continued in all its frigidity until the rise to power of the reform-minded Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. In keeping with her strong anticommunism—a 1976 speech condemning communism earned her the nickname “Iron Lady” in the Soviet press—Thatcher strongly supported the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent, a stance that proved popular with the electorate, given the Labour Party’s repudiation of Britain’s traditional nuclear and defense policies. In Africa, Thatcher presided over the orderly establishment of an independent Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) in 1980 after 15 years of illegal separation from British colonial rule under a white minority. However, she encountered considerable criticism both at home and abroad for her opposition to international sanctions against the apartheid regime of South Africa.
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher at the White House, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1987.Margaret Thatcher in Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1990.Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher at the White House, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1987.Courtesy Ronald Reagan LibraryMargaret Thatcher in Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1990.Doug Mills/AP ImagesThe second half of Thatcher’s tenure was marked by an inextinguishable controversy over Britain’s relationship with the European Community (EC). In 1984 she succeeded, amid fierce opposition, in drastically reducing Britain’s contribution to the EC budget. After her third electoral victory in 1987, she adopted a steadily more hostile attitude toward European integration. She resisted “federalist” continental trends toward both a single currency and a deeper political union. Her traditionally pro-European party became divided, and a string of senior ministers left the Cabinet over the issue.TRENDING TOPICSMassachusetts Bay ColonySaint AugustineArchimedesPaleolithic PeriodEnlightenmentIroquois ConfederacyAristotleMona LisaDred Scott decisionFrench RevolutionThe implementation of a poll tax in 1989 produced outbreaks of street violence and alarmed the Conservative rank-and-file, who feared that Thatcher could not lead the party to a fourth consecutive term. Spurred by public disapproval of the poll tax and Thatcher’s increasingly strident tone, Conservative members of Parliament moved against her in November 1990. Although she defeated her most senior opponent, former defense minister Michael Heseltine, by 204 votes to Heseltine’s 152, her total fell four votes short of the necessary majority plus 15 percent, and she decided not to contest the election in a second ballot. On November 22 she announced her resignation as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, paving the way for her replacement by John Major six days later.Later Years
In retirement, Margaret Thatcher remained a political force. She continued to influence internal Conservative Party politics (often to the dismay of Major), and Thatcherism shaped the priorities of the Labour Party, which she had kept out of office for more than a decade. She remained a member of Parliament until the 1992 election and was subsequently elevated, as a peeress for life, to the House of Lords. She continued to speak and lecture, notably in the United States and Asia, and established the Thatcher Foundation to support free enterprise and democracy, particularly in the newly liberated countries of central and Eastern Europe. In 1995 she became a member of the Order of the Garter.
Following a series of minor strokes, she retired from public speaking in 2002. Thatcher’s daughter, Carol, revealed in her 2008 memoir A Swim-On Part in the Goldfish Bowl that her mother had been showing symptoms of progressive dementia since 2000.
100 Greatest Britons - Mrs Thatcher was voted 16th
1 Sir Winston Churchill Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg Prime Minister (1940–1945, 1951–1955). Historically ranked as one of the greatest British prime ministers. Kept the nation\'s spirit up during World War II, when the country had to defend itself against Hitler\'s attempts to invade. He was an important figure in post-war international and national politics as well. Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Mo Mowlam, British politician.[12] [13]2 Isambard Kingdom Brunel IKBrunelChains.jpg Designer of the Great Western Railway, Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain and numerous significant ships, tunnels and bridges. A prominent figure during the Industrial Revolution which began in Britain, he revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.[14] Jeremy Clarkson, TV presenter.[12] [13]3 Diana, Princess of Wales Международная Леонардо-премия 18 (cropped 2).jpg First wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (marriage 1981–1996), and mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry. Admired for her philanthropic deeds. Rosie Boycott, journalist and feminist activist.[12] [13]4 Charles Darwin Charles Darwin seated crop.jpg Biologist. Originator of the theory of evolution through natural selection and author of On the Origin of Species. Andrew Marr, journalist and TV presenter.[12] [13]5 William Shakespeare Shakespeare.jpg Poet and playwright. Creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and many more. Thought of by many as the greatest of all English writers. He is still an internationally admired and influential figure in the field of theatre. Fiona Shaw, actress and theatre and opera director.[12] [13]6 Sir Isaac Newton GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher. Originator of universal gravitation and laws of classical mechanics and laws of motion. His Principia is one of the most influential works in the history of science. Tristram Hunt, historian.[12] [13]7 Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I Rainbow Portrait.jpg Queen of England and Ireland. (1558–1603). Brought a period of relative internal stability. She is associated with the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Her reign is known as the Elizabethan era. Michael Portillo, journalist and politician.[12] [13]8 John Lennon JohnLennonpeace.jpg Pop/rock singer-songwriter, musician, activist and member of music quartet The Beatles. One of the most famous, successful, influential, covered and admired pop artists of all time. Hailed for his peace activism. Alan Davies, comedian and actor.[12] [13]9 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson HoratioNelson1.jpg Naval commander, famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. His victory during the Battle of Trafalgar was significant in preventing an invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte\'s army. Lucy Moore, historian.[12] [13]10 Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg 1st Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653–1658). Commander of the New Model Army during the English Civil War against King Charles I. Admired for moving the country to a more democratic stateform, though his nomination was controversial due to allegations of genocide in Ireland. Richard Holmes, military historian.[12] [13]Full list[edit]Sir Winston ChurchillIsambard Kingdom BrunelDiana, Princess of WalesCharles DarwinWilliam ShakespeareSir Isaac NewtonElizabeth IJohn LennonHoratio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonOliver CromwellSir Ernest Shackleton, explorer. Made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica.Captain James Cook, explorer. Made maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the Eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.Robert Baden-Powell, soldier and activist. Founder of Scouting.Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (871–899). Successfully stopped the viking advance in England, encouraged education, proposing that primary education be taught in English, and improved his kingdom\'s legal system, military structure and people\'s quality of life.Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general during the Napoleonic Wars (defeated Napoleon at Waterloo) and Prime Minister (1828–1830, 1834).Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister (1979–1990). First woman to have held the office.Michael Crawford, TV, film and theatre actor (Some Mothers Do \'Ave \'Em on television, and originated the title role in The Phantom of the Opera on the West End).Queen Victoria, queen (1837–1901). Her reign is known as the Victorian era.Sir Paul McCartney, musician (The Beatles).Sir Alexander Fleming, physician and chemist. Discovered penicillin. Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945.Alan Turing, mathematician and pioneering computer scientist. Invented the Turing Test and devised cryptanalytical techniques, including those which cracked the Enigma machine.Michael Faraday, physicist. Discovered electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh ruler, the last native \"prince of Wales\"Elizabeth II, queen (1952–).Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist. Achieved groundbreaking work in the field of quantum gravity and theoretical cosmology. Author of A Brief History of Time.William Tyndale, scholar. Translated the Bible into English.Emmeline Pankhurst, activist for women\'s rights. Helped achieve women\'s right to vote in the United Kingdom.William Wilberforce, politician and activist. Led the anti-slavery movement.David Bowie, musician (Space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust, Heroes, Let\'s Dance)Guy Fawkes, criminal. Tried but failed to blow up the English Parliament. The event is the origin of the annual Bonfire Night.Leonard Cheshire, military pilot and philanthropist.Eric Morecambe, comedian and actor (Morecambe and Wise).David Beckham, association football player.Thomas Paine, philosopher (The Age of Reason).Boudica, Celtic queen of Britannia. Led resistance against the Roman army.Sir Steve Redgrave, rower. Won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games (1984–2000).Sir Thomas More, author and philosopher (Utopia).William Blake, poet and painter (Songs of Innocence and Experience, Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, Milton: A Poem in Two Books).John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer.Henry VIII, king (1509–1547).Charles Dickens, novelist (Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, David Copperfield).Sir Frank Whittle, engineer and inventor. Invented the turbojet engine.John Peel, radio presenter.John Logie Baird, engineer and inventor. Invented the television.Aneurin Bevan, politician. Minister of Health (1945–1951). Spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, providing medical care to all UK citizens regardless of wealth.Boy George, pop singer (Culture Club).Sir Douglas Bader, military aviator.Sir William Wallace, knight and resistance leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence.Sir Francis Drake, explorer and admiral. Defeated the Spanish Armada.John Wesley, religious activist. Founder of Methodism.King Arthur, mythical king.Florence Nightingale, humanitarian activist and founder of modern nursing. Nursed wounded soldiers during the Crimean War.T. E. Lawrence, better known as \"Lawrence of Arabia\", military.Robert Falcon Scott, explorer. Failed to reach the South Pole before Roald Amundsen and died on the way back. Became a national hero to the British because of his perseverance.Enoch Powell, politician.Sir Cliff Richard, pop singer.Alexander Graham Bell, inventor. Invented the telephone.Freddie Mercury, rock singer (Queen).Dame Julie Andrews, film actress (Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music).Sir Edward Elgar, composer (Pomp and Circumstance Marches).Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, queen during WWII.George Harrison, rock guitarist (The Beatles).Sir David Attenborough, biologist and TV documentary presenter.James Connolly, activist, politician and Marxist insurgent leader.George Stephenson, civil engineer. \"Father of the Railways\". Invented the first practical steam locomotive and built the first public railway.Sir Charlie Chaplin, comedian, actor and film director (The Kid, The Gold Rush, City Lights, The Great Dictator, Modern Times)Tony Blair, Prime Minister (1997–2007).William Caxton, printer. Introduced the printing press in England.Bobby Moore, association football player. Captain of the England team that won the 1966 World CupJane Austen, novelist (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility).William Booth, humanitarian activist. Founder of the Salvation Army.Henry V, king (1413–1422).Aleister Crowley, poet, novelist and occultist.Robert the Bruce, king of the Scots (1306–1329).Bob Geldof, pop singer (The Boomtown Rats) and humanitarian activist (Live Aid, Live 8). Born in Dún Laoghaire and thus technically an Irishman.The Unknown Warrior, soldier whose remains are buried at Westminster Abbey.Robbie Williams, pop singer (Take That).Edward Jenner, physician. Inventor of the smallpox vaccine.David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, Prime Minister (1916–1922).Charles Babbage, mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and inventor. Invented the first programmable mechanical computer.Geoffrey Chaucer, poet (The Canterbury Tales).Richard III, king (1483–1485).J. K. Rowling, novelist (Harry Potter).James Watt, inventor. Improved the steam engine, making it economical for use in factories, which was fundamental to the Industrial Revolution which originated in Great BritainSir Richard Branson, businessman (Virgin).Bono, rock singer (U2). Born in Dublin, Ireland, so is an Irishman.John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), rock/punk singer (The Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.)Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (\'Monty\'), WWII general.Donald Campbell, speed record breaker. Only person to set both world land and water speed records in the same year (1964).Henry II, king (1154–1189).James Clerk Maxwell, physicist. Developed the theory of electromagnetic radiation.J. R. R. Tolkien, novelist (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings).Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer. Explored North America.Edward I, king (1272–1307).Sir Barnes Wallis, engineer and inventor. Invented the bouncing bomb, earthquake bomb and geodetic airframe.Richard Burton, theatre and film actor.Tony Benn, politician.David Livingstone, explorer. 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