Margaret Hilda Roberts

I was born, was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on Oct. 13, 1925, in Lincolnshire, England. I went to Oxford and majored in chemistry. After graduating, in 1947, my first job was as a research chemist for a plastics company in Essex. Afterwards, I started to study law and became involved in the legal practice. I first ran for public office in 1950, and at the age of 24 I was the youngest women candidate. I lost that election for a seat in the Labour Party. In 1951, I married Dennis Thatcher and in 1953 I had twins, Carol and Mark. They didnt slow me down much. I ran two more times until I finally received a seat in the House of Commons, in 1959. Then I finally received my big break. I ran for the party leader, they only gave me a 50 to 1 change of winning, but I did. At the age of 49 I became the first woman to lead on of Britain's major political parties. In Britain, if the political party that is in power is not ruling properly then new elections are held to vote for t!he party that should be in power, so then I was infact a candidate for Prime Minister. The Conservative Party (her party) was by 43 seats (votes from the House of Commons). I became the first female Prime Minister in the history of Britain May 4, 1979.