The contribution of margaret thatcher as a “woman” in the debacle of the “male-led”1984-1985 strike in England

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In 1984, the governmental reaction against a male-led 1984-1985 Strike represented a watershed in the British history.

Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister, worked on crushing the strike and the strikers although being a “woman” whereas the previous male Prime Ministers, before Thatcher, failed to crush the previous strikes although being “men”.

This paper, in fact, aims at expounding the reasons behind the strike.

Put simply, it attempts to find out the way Thatcher reacted to the miners' unrest, Furthermore; it sheds light on whether the debacle of the strike was because of the power of the “female” political intervention itself or only a result of changing the gist of governmental dissent against the strikers.

To meet this end, the qualitative method is appropriately hinged on.

The findings show that the debacle of the strike went in tandem with the power and role a woman can play in politics.