margaret thatcher (the falkland island war, 1982)
•Known as the ‘Iron Lady’
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique
•First women to be elected as a European head of state
•Conservative party took office in 1979
•Stayed until 1990
•Won three consecutive elections
•Began the “Thatcher revolution”:
•Gov’t stayed out of economics
•Individuals were given greater freedoms
•Reduced public expenditures
•Was very harsh in dealing with Argentineans in the Falkland Islands War (made her extremely popular)
•Promoted independence for Mozambique