This is Angela O'Dell and you are listening to real cool history for kids.

A podcast show featuring history told from a distinctly biblical worldview perspective.

Welcome to an adventure.

Welcome to episode 137 of real cool history for kids.

This episode is for Maggie Tweeton, who wanted to hear the story of Margaret Thatcher. Hey Maggie, this one's for you.

As I was preparing for this episode, I was

personally and what she did professionally as a British politician.

My goodness, what a lady. As is true for everyone in history who did a lot,

Margaret had many admirers. But let me start from the beginning.

Margaret was born Margaret Hilda Roberts on October 13th of 1925 in Granth, England. Her parents' names were Alfred and Beatrice.

Alfred Roberts was the owner of a grocery store in their town and a member of the town council and a Methodist lay minister who instilled

unshakable beliefs in his children. The family lived in an apartment above their store. and

Margaret attended her local schools through high school.

And Margaret attended her local schools through high school.

She was a smart cookie, as my dad used to call me. She was so gifted intellectually in fact that

she was accepted into the prestigious Oxford University where she earned a degree in chemistry. Margaret had been introduced to politics at a

young age because her father's position on the town council and later he was the mayor.

She had grown up listening to her dad's conservative political views and had adopted

them as her own by the time she was an adult.

In 1947, Margaret graduated with her degree and landed a job as a research chemist.

Two years later, she entered politics by running as a conservative

candidate for a parliamentary seat in the 1950s elections.

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