Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87. Thatcher was Britain’s first woman prime minister held office from 1979 to 1990.
In this Sept. 14, 1977 file photo, British Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher listens to a reporters question during a press conference at the British Embassy in Washington. (AP Photo/File)
This is a April 30, 1982 file photo of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, during her election tour in London. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is greeted by Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher outside 10 Downing Street, London, on June 7, 1984. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Schwarz
Margaret Thatcher and Pierre Trudeau as shown in Australia in this Oct. 4, 1981 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (right) holding a chimpanzee. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, nee Roberts, as the Conservative candidate for Dartford, Kent, and before she married husband Denis. (Photo by Chris Ware/Getty Images)
Conservative politician and future prime minister Margaret Hilda Thatcher, wiping dishes whilst a nurse looks on. (Photo by Chris Ware/Getty Images)
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher covering her face with her hand at the 1985 Conservative Party Conference. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street, London, at the start of her third term in office. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
October 1985: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
November 1976: Conservative party leader Margaret Thatcher makes a ‘victory’ sign outside her home in Chelsea, London. (Photo by John Minihan/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Circa 1950: Conservative candidate Margaret Roberts accompanies four voters on the piano in a sing-song after a brief political argument in the bar of The Bull Inn, Dartford. (Margaret Roberts married Denis Thatcher and went on to become Prime Minister.) (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
7th December 1962: Conservative MP Margaret Thatcher has fun on a ski run in Battersea Park with instructor Joe Hoki. (Photo by Reg Lancaster/Express/Getty Images)
6th June 1987: British Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, enjoys a cup of tea at the opening of the South Mimms Motorway service area, watched by the press. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
24th January 1950: When not engaged in her political work in Dartford (Kent) where she is standing as Tory candidate, Miss Margaret Roberts, youngest candidate for the general election, is busy with her work as a research chemist. Margaret Roberts went on to become Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
A picture dated June 14, 2007 shows Baroness Margaret Thatcher attending a church service to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands’ liberation at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College, Berkshire. AFPPHOTO/POOL/CATHAL MCNAUGHTONCathal McNaughton/AFP/Getty Images
A picture dated June 2, 2009 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arriving to attend the opening of a new Canine Partners training accommodation building at the National Training Centre in Heyshott in West Sussex. AFP PHOTO/FILES/Shaun CurrySHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images
A picture dated Ocotber 13, 1989 shows then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledging applaud on at the end of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. AFP PHOTO/FILES/JOHNNY EGGITTJOHNNY EGGITT/AFP/Getty Images
A picture dated June 17, 2007 shows former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher (C) posing with some former Parachute Regiment members as they take part in a 25th anniversary march of the Falkland Island conflict in London. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Alistair GrantALISTAIR GRANT/AFP/Getty Images
A picture dated November 28, 1990 shows then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flanked by her husband Denis (L), addressing the press for the last time in front of 10 Downing Street in London prior to handing her resignation as prime minister to Queen Elizabeth II. AFP PHOTO/FILESSEAN DEMPSEY/AFP/Getty Images
In this June 23, 1982 file photo, President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher speak to reporters at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/File)
In this April 9, 1975 file photo, former California Governor Ronald Reagan presents a silver dollar medallion to Opposition Leader Margaret Thatcher when he visited her office at the House of Commons in London. (AP Photo/File)
This is a 1980 file photo showing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (AP Photo/File)
This picture dated June 8, 2010 shows former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher waving to photographers as she stands with current British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street, ahead of their meeting, in central London. AFP PHOTO/Leon NealLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images
A picture dated June 8, 2010 shows former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher waving to photographers as she stands with current British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street, ahead of their meeting, in central London. AFP PHOTO/Leon NealLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images
In this June 12, 1987 file photo, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waves to supporters from Conservative Party headquarters in London after claiming victory in Britain’s general election. (AP Photo/File)
