玛格丽特·撒切尔被称为“铁娘子”,为英国在国际舞台上重获影响力做了许多贡献。她当时在冷战结束关口跟当任美国总统罗纳德·里根关系密切,并且说服了他的继任者乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什攻打伊拉克。撒切尔夫人自己也夺回了1982年被阿根廷侵占的福兰克群岛。她反对种族隔离,但却坚决拥护联邦对于南非的制裁,她还激烈地保卫英国在欧盟的的地位。
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, who in 2005 became the first female president of an African country, said that Lady Thatcher inspired women to enter politics.
利比里亚总统埃伦·约翰逊在2005年成为这个非洲国家的第一任女性总统,她说撒切尔夫人鼓励女性进入政治领域。
"I think she was a role model because she came at a time when women participation and women leadership was in scarce supply. And so she had to, to take second decision. She had to act the role not so much as a woman, but she had to act as a leader. And because of her, many of us were inspired, inspired to be strong, inspired to follow her footsteps in leadership.”
“我认为她算是一个标杆,因为她执政的时候女性对于政治的参与以及女性领导力都是非常稀缺的。所以她不得不做第二个决定,她必须表现得不那么像一个女性,但她必须表现得像一名领袖。正是因为她,我们中的许多人都受到了激励,变得更强,跟随她在领导力上的脚步。”