Margaret Thatcher Research Paper

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Margaret Thatcher was the first woman Prime Minister of Britain. She was born Oct. 13,1925. She died April 8, 2013. She died at the age 87.
Margaret Thatcher was famous for being the first woman Prime Minister of Britain. People of britain had a nickname for her, “Iron Lady.” She was Britain's Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
Margaret Thatcher went to Grantham Girls’ High School for her education. Then she went to Somerville College. Next she went to Oxford University to get her degree in chemistry. Dorothy Hodgkin a nobel prize winning scientist, taught Margaret Thatcher for a little bit.
Margaret Thatcher has two parents, Alfred Roberts and Beatrice Roberts. She only has one sibling. Her name is Muriel Roberts. Alfred Roberts is a local

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