Contrary to current popular opinion, this woman remains a heroine of mine.
(Margaret is the younger)
Just like Jan Smuts of South Africa, she was a relentless worker.
Unlike Jan Smuts she was an engaging person who got on well with her peers. Her parents were strictly religious and socially responsible. Her father was an important figure in her life. He was a Rotarian and intensively involved in his community. Alfred Roberts was married to Beatrice and they had two daughters, Muriel (born in 1921, just like my own father) and of course Margaret, born 4 years later in 1925. They lived in Grantham and he was a grocer. The daughters grew up in Britain in World War Two. It was a time of austerity.
Margaret was an intelligent girl, who enhanced her talents through hard study. She was a bit plump (poor girls always seem to be affected by their figures; never good enough). She had a lovely personality and enjoyed socialising. She always wanted to be well dressed and she did a great deal of planning on how to maximize the value of every penny.
Margaret seemed to not get on too well with her mother; I suppose the excessive prudence with finance of her mom may have been the underlying cause. Yet upon reflection in her later life, she realised just how much her mother had influenced her in all her underlying values. How often this seems to be the case with many young women, struggling to be free of their mothers and gain their own independence.
Her father, Alfred, had the most influence with his intelligent daughter, Margaret. His values could be based on what is called "old fashioned Liberalism". We can define that as roughly "individual responsibility" and "financial responsibility". She seemed to always have these values too as underlying.
It must be remembered that society was a male bastion when she was growing up. She did elocution lessons when growing up, those lessons removed a possible lisp and definitely any local accent. Many people (her opponents) in later life felt that her speech patterns were artificial. However I must say as a South African, whenever I heard her speaking on television, I was enchanted by her language.
Last night, I started reading the first volume by her official biographer and I could not put it down. Reluctantly, after midnight, I forced myself to put the light off.
I shall share what made one of the most influencial women of the Twentieth Century "tick" in future blogs.
Love her or hate her, she was a true LEADER.
She has awesome personality .They always run out of other people’s money.
Nice history @fred703 Margaret Thatcher, ‘Iron Lady’ Who Set Britain on New Course... I love her jobs..She has awesome personality ..
Nice writing about famous person.. @fred703.. Thatcher was the first woman to become prime minister of Britain and the first to lead a major Western power in modern times...
Thnks for telling about this lady.I would like to get more knowledge about her.if she was a good leader then why did you write hate her??
that will come in later writing but in essence she opposed socialism. Lots of people lost their jobs
Ok waiting for your post.this looks interesting to me.thanks for rply
Thanks for sharing your beautiful life. I appreciate your valuable Post..
yes you are right sir....great writing...thanks for sharing
I'm very pleased to know about the great lady. Really she is the true leader. Thanks a lot sir @fred703 for always sharing about the biography of great historical legends.
Wonderful review of history.
Such a incribble story.
Thanks for sharing sir @fred703
she was a great lady, really a iron lady, its a great post.
Inspiring women i must say... didn't read about her before... thanks for sharing the dry of her life. Agree with you she is a true leader.👍
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Thanks for sharing this steering life..@fred703 sir.....
a very remarkable story. you are a great writer. from your writing I get a lot of wisdom of life very much.
thank you for sharing. I really like your post Mr @fred703
"Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money." :)
i love that expression!!
Great Post @fred703
Thanks for sharing your beautiful life. I appreciate your valuable Post.. best of luck..
Thanks for you...
margaret-thatcher is clearly a figure of a good leader figure. surely we need to read the story of his life and his struggle to become one of the most influential figure.like @fred703
Her not his, Margaret is a woman, but your point is taken
Great politics
Thanks for sharing your life. I appreciate your blog sir..
an interesting story, made me want to re-move his passion for my application in my life. this is really very useful for women, a spirit of struggle that must be a motivation. good post sir @fred703
Margaret Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” of British politics.
She has awesome personality. I really appreciate your awesome post.
Nice follow on from your Emily Hobhouse series @fred703. I am enjoying learning about these people from history that are well before my time.
Really excellent history my dear friend and your writing is very good. Your writing skills are like a professional writer
Great writing .....@fred703 about Margaret Thatcher,,
Thanks for sharing .
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