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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Add-on — History & Identity

What was historically significant about Margaret Thatcher's election as Prime Minister in 1979?

A) She was the first leader to win three consecutive general elections
B) She became the UK's first female Prime Minister
C) She introduced the first National Health Service reforms
D) She was the first Oxford-educated Prime Minister since Harold Macmillan

Correct answer: She became the UK's first female Prime Minister

Following the Conservative general election victory in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister of the UK.

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Margaret Thatcher made history in 1979 when, following the Conservatives' general election victory, she became the UK's first female Prime Minister.

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