Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire to a grocer. She attended Oxford University and became a barrister, later marrying businessman Denis Thatcher with whom she had two children. Thatcher became a Conservative MP in 1959 and held several cabinet positions before becoming the UK's first female Prime Minister in 1979. As Prime Minister, she advocated for policies like privatization and reducing social spending. Though controversial, she was re-elected to an unprecedented third term before resigning in 1990. She continued her advocacy and died in 2013 at age 87.

1. SUCCESS VS FAILURE
VS.
JUDGEMENT
MARGARET THATCHER
B Y M I C H E L L E V O O G H T
W W W . M I C H E L L E V O O G H T . C O M

2. • Margaret Hilda Roberts was born on 13
October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, the
daughter of a grocer.
• She went to Oxford University and then
became a research chemist, retraining to
become a barrister in 1954.
• In 1951, she married Denis Thatcher, a
wealthy businessman, with whom she had
two children.
Introduction

3. • Thatcher became a Conservative member of
parliament for Finchley in North London in
1959, serving as its MP until 1992 .
• Her first parliamentary post was junior
minister for pensions in Harold Macmillan's
government.
• In 1970 Thatcher was appointed as
Secretary for Education.
Early Political Career

4. • After the Conservatives were defeated in 1974, Thatcher
challenged Heath for the leadership of the party, which
she won.
• In 1979 the Conservative party won the general election
and Thatcher became Prime Minister.
• She was an advocate of privatising state -owned
industries and utilities, reforming trade
unions, lowering taxes and reducing social expenditure.
• She succeeded in reducing inflation, but unemployment
dramatically increased during her years in power.
Leadership

5. • In the 1987 general election, Thatcher won an
unprecedented third term in office.
• Controversial policies, including the poll tax and
her opposition to any closer integration with
Europe, led to division within the Conservative
Party effecting quite a leadership challenge!
• In November 1990, she agreed to resign and was
succeeded as party leader and prime minister by
John Major.
Leadership

6. • In 1992, Thatcher left the House of Commons.
• She was acclaimed the title of Baroness Thatcher
of Kesteven and continued giving speeches and
lectures across the world.
• She founded the Thatcher Foundation, which
aimed to advance the cause of political and
economic freedom, particularly in the newly
liberated countries of central and eastern Europe.
The end of an Era

7. • In 1995 she became a member of the Order of
the Garter, the highest order of knighthood in
England.
• In 2002, after a series of minor
strokes, Baroness Thatcher retired from public
speaking.
• She died of a stroke on April 8, 2013, at the age
of 87.
The end of an Era

8. “NOT SPLENDIDLY ENOUGH”
#1

9. “SAY YOU UNDERSTAND”
#2

10. “JUST GET UP AND DO”
#3

11. “INTEGRITY”
#4

12. “YOU CAN REWIND IT, YOU
CAN’T CHANGE IT”
#5

13. “ONE’S LIFE MUST MATTER”
#6

14. “GIVING?”
#7

15. “PATH OF ROSES”
#8

16. Ambition and Dreams takes believing – believing
that you can.
Believing that you can DO everything in your power
to get there – stop whining and do.
And if you don’t know how – just get up and ask.
If Margaret Thatcher can stand tall, in parliament
and say: I am a grocer’s daughter with an Oxford –
then we can believe we can achieve, no matter what.
So…….

17. Yes, we don’t always know HOW – that is because
we want the whole picture, complete instantly but
if we take one powerful step at a time – the
picture completes itself – it’s about
tenacity, strength, being clear and integrity .
Allow yourself the honour of demanding
understanding from others about your path
and what you stand for.
So…….