How powerful was Margaret Thatcher internationally?

Mrs Thatcher was remarkably powerful internationally. She maintained (in fact regained) a great deal of the credibility Britain had shred under its domestic meltdown after a decade or more of dismal leadership had resulted in the near collapse of society - litter piled on streets, the dead unburied as the winter of discontent gave way to an incredible new era of deregulation, competition, assertion and prosperity. read more

Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister By the time, Margaret Thatcher, became Britain’s first female Prime Minister in 1979, the country was in the middle of the worst recession it had seen. Powerful labour unions had ground the country to a halt with long-lasting strikes. read more

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. read more