Margaret Thatcher
England. Her parents were Alfred Roberts and Beatrice Stephenson Roberts. Thatcher spent her
childhood in the town of Grantham in Lincolnshire. The Roberts family ran a grocery business,
bringing up their two daughters in a flat over the shop. Her father was active in local politics and
religion and this played a large role in forming her political convictions. Margaret attended
Huntingtower Road Primary School and later Kesteven and Grantham Girl's School. She was keen
in her studies and outside school enjoyed swimming and playing hockey. After finishing school
during the Second World War she applied for a scholarship to attend Somerville College, Oxford
and was luckily accepted. She started studying Chemistry in 1944 in Oxford. Later Margaret became
President of the Oxford University Conservative Association. Thatcher graduated from Oxford in
1947 with a B.Sc. in Natural Sciences and also gained a MA in 1950.
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