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When she rode on a tank near Communist-controlled East Germany.
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When she was elected to Parliament in 1959. The body was only 4% women at the time.
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When she declared that she would not budge on her political convictions.
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When she was one of only a few conservatives to support the decriminalization of homosexuality in the U.K. in 1966.
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When she became the U.K.'s first female prime minister in 1979.
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When she claimed her own at the White House.
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When she managed to raise twins — as she gained substantial political power — and was regularly home "in time to do the washing up."
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When she called out her socialist opponents.
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When she destroyed her critics on the Parliament floor.
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When she made the blue power suit iconic.
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When GDP rose +23.3 under her three terms as prime minister.
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When she helped defeat the Soviet Union.
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When she was not afraid to be the most powerful woman in the world.
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When she had this photo taken on Abbey Road.
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When she declared her opinion on increased EU power.
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When she was elected three times to lead a political body of men who regularly mocked her for being a woman.
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When she defined a political ideology for a generation.
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When Meryl Streep played her in a movie called The Iron Lady.
Oh, and the term "Iron Lady" came from a Soviet defense newspaper describing her in 1976.
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And if you watch only one 50-second clip of her, WATCH THIS:
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