Margaret Thatcher
There
is only one and now she is gone.
A
shop keepers daughter who took on the establishment and won! Always
beautifully turned out, a cover girl, a scientist. She truly believed
that as a woman she was way more efficient than the wobbly male political class around her. She always
said: 'If you want something done, ask a woman. If you want something
said, ask a man'.
Maggie the Scientist at Oxford |
And she did sing along too! |
She
got on with the job without whining about men who gave her the side
eyes or made some 'sexist' remark. In fact if you watch videos of her
(available on youtube), fielding questions about her domestic role,
her motherly and wifely duties, she actually took on the male
questioners on their level and made them appear to us today as really
foolish.
Mother of twins |
She
took questions about her womanhood in her stride as if it was the
most natural thing to answer, in fact she was the only woman I know
who could make men look like dolts without any effort at all. By
being effortlessly efficient and capable both as a mother and PM she
made men question their own roles. No one doubted her womanhood or
her motherly abilities and all these attributes coupled with an iron resolve shocked men into silence and respect.
The cover girl |
It
was her gender that was the element of surprise, it allowed her to
redesigned British indeed Western politics and put a stamp on it. She
re-formatted the social and political structure of Britain, and indeed no credible
political commentator will deny that Britain today is one which continues to adhere to
the formats put in place by Margaret Thatcher. She was indeed the
woman who answered, when asked what was her greatest achievement was,
that it was "Tony Blair and New Labour.”
The Iron lady could iron and do dishes |
Did
she make mistakes? Many. I am sure she herself in the quietness
of her room regretted many. She had a huge task, an almost unimaginably
hard task lay in front of her when she took over the reigns of power
in 1979. Britain was essentially in decline. Challenges came from the
four corners at the same time. With the Unions playing roulette with
the lives and livelihood of millions she had to be as tough as she
could. So indeed she made mistakes, a truck load, but who
hasn’t? If I let myself make half as many as she, I would be in a
different league altogether today.
Her achievements |
She
might not have wanted to be a feminist icon (which continues to anger
many modern feminists) but she couldn’t help be a role model
particularly as a woman who got on with the job at hand without
endlessly whining about men trying to exclude or freeze her out.
Public life and domestic life were seamlessly interwoven as if there
was nothing to it at all.
No one can deny her legacy! |
So
I will miss this grand old dame because more than anything else and
more than the tallying of the wrongs and rights, I loved the symbolism of
Thatcher of what she represented in minds and hearts
Adieu
great lady!
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Beautiful post. I am not terribly familiar with Thatcher's body of work, but this post has enlightened me. Thank you for writing it.
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DeleteLovely. You know how to write. Love it. The lady was great!
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