Path to power

By:

Thatcher, Margaret

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Parper Press 2011Description: 656ISBN:

9780007456628

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DDC classification:

941.0858092 THA

Summary: The extraordinary account of MargaretThatcher's life up to her dramatic election asthe first woman Prime Minister of England in1979. In this second volume of her memoirs, following 'TheDowning Street Years', she writes candidly about theformation of her character and values, and theexperiences that propelled her to the very top in aman's world. Beginning with a touching account ofher upbringing in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she goeson to describe her Oxford years, marriage to Denis,and entry into Parliament at a time when there wereno more than a handful of women MPs. Risingthrough the ranks to Education Secretary and thenLeader of the Opposition, she led the ConservativeParty to a historic victory in the 1979 general election,becoming Britain's first female prime minister.

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The extraordinary account of MargaretThatcher's life up to her dramatic election asthe first woman Prime Minister of England in1979.

In this second volume of her memoirs, following 'TheDowning Street Years', she writes candidly about theformation of her character and values, and theexperiences that propelled her to the very top in aman's world. Beginning with a touching account ofher upbringing in Grantham, Lincolnshire, she goeson to describe her Oxford years, marriage to Denis,and entry into Parliament at a time when there wereno more than a handful of women MPs. Risingthrough the ranks to Education Secretary and thenLeader of the Opposition, she led the ConservativeParty to a historic victory in the 1979 general election,becoming Britain's first female prime minister.

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