Iron Lady

Iron Lady is a nickname that has frequently been used to describe female heads of government around the world. The term describes a "strong willed" woman. This iron metaphor was most famously applied to Margaret Thatcher, nicknamed so in 1976 by the Soviet media for her staunch opposition to communism., Margaret Thatcher Foundation archives

Use in politics

Leaders who have earned the unofficial title (some of them postfactum) include:

• Margaret Thatcher, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
• Barbara Castle, a prominent British Labour Party politician, whose active political career spanned over 40 years. By Hasan Suroor (The Hindu) May 5, 2002
• Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 to 1984
• Golda Meir, the Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the second woman President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, dubbed as the "Iron Lady of Asia"
• Wu Yi, known as the "Iron Lady of the People's Republic of China," active in PRC politics through 2007, retired in March 2008
• Eugenia Charles, the Prime Minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995, known as the "Iron Lady of the Caribbean"
• Biljana Plavsic, the President and Vice-President of Republic of Srpska, and member of presidency of Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina active from 1990-2000 is known as "The Serbian Iron Lady"
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