Nearly every family has had an iron lady, a strong, determined woman — usually a mother, grandmother or aunt — who comes to the fore in hard times and saves the family farm, the family business or ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) The first volume ...

Margaret Thatcher biography: All about the UK prime minister in one centenary volume - book review There is no doubt that Thatcher admired Jews for their community spirit, entrepreneurial skills, ...

Elaine Showalter is a professor emerita of English at Princeton University. When the second volume of Charles Moore’s monumental biography of Margaret Thatcher came out in 2015, she had two ...

Who could have predicted that her long and bitter war against the coalminers, which would trouble the Queen herself, would lead to victory? Or, conversely, that she would embrace a policy such as the ...

“Yes, I was daunted, but not because of the admirers or detractors — that was an added attraction because it was part of the interest of the subject — I was simply daunted by the scale of the task,” ...

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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to hold the position, left office exactly 30 years ago Saturday. Actress Gillian Anderson is earning stellar reviews for her portrayal of ...

The first volume of Charles Moore’s authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, covering her life up to Britain’s victory in the Falklands, is out, just weeks after her death. It takes its place among ...

The first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher, covering her life up to Britain's victory in the Falklands, is out, just weeks after her death. It takes its place among ...