Margaret Thatcher "Milk Snatcher"

Good essay took quite a while to write Exellent! One of your very best! Margaret Hilda Thatcher's overwhelming sense of self-confidence and ambition ruled her life from the time she was a small child in Grantham, though her Oxford years and during her early years in politics. It led her to become the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain, and also helped through her difficult political years as 'Attila the Hun'.         Britain's first female …

…she managed to transform her sex from a liability to a major political asset. She may have been unpopular at times due to her approach to life and politics, but a 'softer' female Prime Minister might not have been as effective. Recognition was earned through her overwhelming sense of ambition and dedication to the job: 'Thatcher, Milk Snatcher' was bestowed the title Baroness and there-by received the recognition that she had craved all her life.