Labels:text | font | screenshot | paper | letter | number OCR: CHRONOLOGY OCTOBER 13, 1925 Bom Margaret Hilda Roberts in Grantham, England, daughter of a Methodist grocer. JULY 1947 Graduates from Oxford University with a degree in chemistry. OCTOBER 8, 1959 Elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Finchley, London. JUNE 1970 Appointed Secretary of State for Education and Science. FEBRUARY 11, 1975 Elected first female leader of the Conservative party. MAY 3, 1979 Becomes first female prime minister of Great Britain. APRIL 27, 1982 Declares war against Argentina, following invasion of the Falkland Islands. NOVEMBER 22, 1990 Resigns after failing to win outright victory in the leadership contest and is replaced by John Major. JANUARY 1992 Created a life peer, becoming Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.
