Born Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13, 1925, Thatcher grew up in Grantham, England (Biography.com Editors). She did not grow up in a wealthy family. Her parents were the owners of a small grocery store, and their family lived on the second floor (Biography.com Editors). She grew up in a lower middle class environment, which influenced her political agenda in the future, letting her realize it was possible to work your way out of lower classes. She was introduced to politics at a rather young age because her father was a member of the town council, and when she went off to college, she became the president of Oxford University’s Conservative Association (Biography.com Editors). This early exposure and experience with political responsibility
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With these followers, she was able to secure a conservative seat in the House of Commons, representing Finchley (Young). From here, she held a great number of political positions, slowly climbing the ladder to more prominent positions, and eventually became the Secretary of State for Education and Science (Young). Thatcher’s decision to get rid of a program that provided free milk to students who could not otherwise afford it was not popular, but showed her conservative mentality. People could see that she followed conservative ideals and was not going to back down just because some people complained about them. This was also very apparent through her role in Britain’s actions in the Falkland Islands. Throughout history, the Argentinian government wanted to annex the Falkland Islands because they were so close geographically. In the early 1980’s, however, the Argentinian government decided they would be able to send an invasion force into the islands due to the low amount of defenses that were present. They made it in and forced the people to surrender under their rule, which surprised the British government. Despite the current U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, telling her to not fight back, she felt it was the right …show more content…
During her administration, the workers and labor unions of many coal mines went on strike. In response to this, Thatcher closed down all of the mines that were not beneficial to the economy (Coal miners’ strike). Because the government was the owner of these coal mines, her actions alleviated this government involvement in the economy, all while teaching any labor unions that their jobs were not a right, but a privilege, and if they didn’t work they would be fired. Any coal mines that were a benefit to the economy were later sold to businesses, privatizing the coal mining business (Coal Miners’ Strike). This furthered her efforts to get the government out of the economy and promote the free market. Because of policies like this, she received an ‘ism’ named after her. The term Thatcherism “…represents a belief in free markets and a small state. Rather than planning and regulating business and people's lives, government's job is to get out of the way”(What is Thatcherism). Another thing she did that showed Thatcherism was her removal of the free milk program, which, mentioned earlier, provided milk to any children that could not afford to pay full price by having the government pay for
With these followers, she was able to secure a conservative seat in the House of Commons, representing Finchley (Young). From here, she held a great number of political positions, slowly climbing the ladder to more prominent positions, and eventually became the Secretary of State for Education and Science (Young). Thatcher’s decision to get rid of a program that provided free milk to students who could not otherwise afford it was not popular, but showed her conservative mentality. People could see that she followed conservative ideals and was not going to back down just because some people complained about them. This was also very apparent through her role in Britain’s actions in the Falkland Islands. Throughout history, the Argentinian government wanted to annex the Falkland Islands because they were so close geographically. In the early 1980’s, however, the Argentinian government decided they would be able to send an invasion force into the islands due to the low amount of defenses that were present. They made it in and forced the people to surrender under their rule, which surprised the British government. Despite the current U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, telling her to not fight back, she felt it was the right …show more content…
During her administration, the workers and labor unions of many coal mines went on strike. In response to this, Thatcher closed down all of the mines that were not beneficial to the economy (Coal miners’ strike). Because the government was the owner of these coal mines, her actions alleviated this government involvement in the economy, all while teaching any labor unions that their jobs were not a right, but a privilege, and if they didn’t work they would be fired. Any coal mines that were a benefit to the economy were later sold to businesses, privatizing the coal mining business (Coal Miners’ Strike). This furthered her efforts to get the government out of the economy and promote the free market. Because of policies like this, she received an ‘ism’ named after her. The term Thatcherism “…represents a belief in free markets and a small state. Rather than planning and regulating business and people's lives, government's job is to get out of the way”(What is Thatcherism). Another thing she did that showed Thatcherism was her removal of the free milk program, which, mentioned earlier, provided milk to any children that could not afford to pay full price by having the government pay for