Margaret Thatcher: Britain's Iron Lady and Longest-Serving Prime Ministe

Margaret Thatcher was a British politician. Born Margaret Roberts on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she studied chemistry at Oxford and became a barrister.

She led the Conservative Party from 1975 and was Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the office. She privatized state industries, curbed trade unions and led Britain in the Falklands War of 1982. She was nicknamed the Iron Lady.

She was forced from office in 1990. Thatcher died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel in London on April 8, 2013, at age 87.

Achievements: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990).

Birth: October 13, 1925 - Grantham, England.

Profession: Politician.

Interesting Facts: She was Britain's first female prime minister.