Beyond being the first woman prime minister in Britain, and among the first anywhere, Thatcher helped to reverse Britain’s economic decline. Her assault on excessively powerful trade unions, moreover, made Britain governable, at a time when the country seemed to be slipping into drift and disorder.
除了担任英国首任女首相，差不多也是世界其他国家最早的女首相，撒切尔协助扭转了英国的经济衰退。不仅如此，她针对过于强大的工会发起的进攻在国家看似滑入动荡和混乱的时刻增强了它的可管理性。有鉴于此，她无疑有权成为“伟大领袖”的候选人。