May 17, 2012 A recent movie starring Meryl Streep and depicting
the life of Lady Margaret Thatcher was called "The Iron Lady."
And the movie was aptly titled, as Lady Thatcher's grit and
determination proved that she was indeed an "Iron Lady." In
fact, Streep won an Oscar award for her performance as England's
only woman Prime Minister. (Has anyone won more Oscars than
Streep?) However, I'm not sure the film itself truly did justice
to Lady Margaret. Since we have just celebrated Mother's Day,
and with the recent award-winning depiction of Margaret
Thatcher, I thought it fitting to write a column on some of the
great iron ladies of both Biblical and American history.
Obviously, if we attempted to list all of the great women in
both Biblical and American history, the list would require
volumes of books to contain them all. Herein, let me list but a
few. Iron Ladies of Biblical History Jochebed, Moses' Mother
First, Jochebed is honored in the great "Hall of Faith" in
Hebrews 11 for defying Pharaoh's unjust and