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Margaret Thatcher, 1980, enjoying the first months of power.Born on 13th October, 1925, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, former research chemist (1947-51), called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn (1954), became Conservative Member of Parliament for Finchley (1959-92). She rose to become leader of the Conservative party and Britain's first woman Prime Minister (1979-90). (KEYSTONE/CAMERA PRESS/Richard Slade)