Margaret Roberts Research Paper

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Margaret Hilda Roberts was the first and only female British prime minister. Margaret Thatcher was born on October 13, 1925 in Grantham Lincolnshire, England, to middle-class shopkeepers, Alfred and Beatrice Roberts. Her father, Alfred, was interested in politics. From 1945-1946 he was mayor of Margaret’s hometown, Grantham. I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Margaret enrolled at Oxford University in 1943. At Oxford she studied chemistry, and she joined the Oxford Union Conservative Association. Which she became president of in 1946. In 1950, and again in 1951 she ran for parliament. Sadly, she lost both times. Margaret married Denis Thatcher in December of 1951. She had twins, Carol and Mark. In 1959 she ran again and she easily