What Was Margaret Thatcher's Legacy for Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348371 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Purvis (0000-0001-6118-2475, Directorate of Health, corresponding author), June Purvis |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1014-1018 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2013.801136 |
| OpenAlex | W1998735289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article considers the legacy for women of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), Britain's first and to date only woman prime minister. It is suggested that although Thatcher had to struggle against many of the sexist prejudices of her day to achieve her political ambitions, she was no feminist. The hard ladder up which she had climbed was drawn up and not extended to other women. Yet for some women, such as the Spice Girls, she was the pioneer of their ideology of girl power. Overall, it is concluded that Thatcher was a polarising figure whose legacy is one of much divisiveness, in which the divisions between women is only one of many strands. Notes[1] I would like to thank the two referees who commented on this anonymous article in record time. Special thanks are also due to Wendy Webster who made insightful comments. However, any errors remain my own
Feminism · Girl · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology
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