Home / Library / Authors / Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret 1925 - 2013 British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, known as “the Iron Lady” for privatization, deregulation, and free-market reforms that rolled back the postwar welfare state. Read more on Grokipedia Read more on Wikipedia Topics history_edu Classical Liberalism minimize Limited Government trending_up Free Market account_balance Welfare State Quotes Socialism Runs Out of Other People's Money The Essence of a Free Economy Photos Margaret Thatcher, 1983 Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) · CC0 1.0