100 years ago today, October 13, 1925 (August 26, 1925 in the lunar calendar), former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was born. On October 13, 1925, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was born. Mrs. Thatcher was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister (1979-1990) and the first female Prime Minister in European history. After the Conservative Party won the election in 1987, she became Britain's prime minister for three consecutive terms in the 20th century, and when she resigned, she became the longest-serving prime minister in the UK since 1827. His father was a grocer and later served as mayor. She was educated at her birthplace and at Somerville College, Oxford University (BA in 1946; BS in 1949; MS in 1950). She was the first woman to serve as chairman of the Conservative Party Association at Oxford University. After graduating from Oxford University, she worked in chemical research. Because she married a wealthy businessman, she was able to study law, prepare to become a lawyer, and specialize in tax laws. She ran for Parliament for the first time in 1950. Although the local Conservative Party vote increased by 50%, she still lost. It was not until 1959 that he was elected to the House of Commons by the Conservative constituency of Finchley, north London. 1961-1964 She served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance in 1970, and later served as Secretary of State for Education and Science in the Heath Cabinet (1970-1974)(she was the second woman to enter the Conservative Party). After the Conservative Party lost two general elections in 1974, Margaret Thatcher succeeded Heath as leader of the Conservative Party in 1975. The Conservative Party's decisive election victory in 1979 lifted her to the status of Prime Minister. The Conservative Party's victory was partly due to Thatcherf's public condemnation of the chaos caused by the union's winter strike. Britons believe that Margaret Thatcher belongs to the new dynamic right of the Conservative Party. During her tenure, the faction was known as the "dry faction", as opposed to the old-fashioned and liberal Tories known as the "wet faction." She advocated that individuals should have more independence and less dependence on the government. The government should not interfere excessively in the economy, reduce public spending (which can reduce personal tax burdens) and currency printing (which reflects monetarist policies). In the late 1970s, the number of unemployed people did not increase rapidly, but it almost tripled during her first two terms, from 1.1 million to 3 million, while the large lower class expanded. Moreover, her austerity policies to reduce inflation have increased business losses and bankruptcies. Although the Conservatives have a majority in Parliament, they won the 1987 election by just over 40%, the lowest Conservative Party's share in elections since 1922. Overseas, 15 years after Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) illegally seceded from British colonial rule led by a minority of white people, Margaret Thatcher oversaw its orderly establishment as an independent country in 1980. In 1982, Britain successfully regained the Falkland Islands 10 weeks after they were occupied by Argentina. Voters 'memory of Mrs. Thatcher's decisive leadership during the Falkland Islands conflict gave her a landslide victory in the June 1983 general election. Throughout her tenure, she implemented policies that earned her the title of "Iron Lady". These policies include tight control of cabinet members, strict implementation of financial policies, compliance with the law by trade unions, and the privatization of state-owned enterprises. In the latter part of her administration, she expanded the "Thatcher Revolution" from finance and industry to new social policy areas through the privatization of education, health care and housing. She guaranteed Britain's strong commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and advocated that Britain should have an independent nuclear deterrent. This stance was well received by voters and led the Labor Party to abandon Britain's traditional nuclear weapons and defense policies. Although the 1984 bombing in Brighton, Sussex almost killed her and several senior officials (the case was suspected of being committed by Northern Ireland separatists), she still advocated that Northern Ireland should remain in the United Kingdom. A split within the Conservative Party in late 1990 over her European monetary and political integration policies led to her resignation as party leadership. In 1951, Margaret Roberts married wealthy businessman Thatcher and Margaret Thatcher attended the G7 Summit. In this rare photo, Thatcher was also the youngest Conservative candidate in the 1951 election. After participating in a bland and brief political debate, she sang with four voters on the piano. In December 1984, Mrs. Thatcher came to China to sign the Sino-British Joint Statement on Hong Kong.