How did British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher get the nickname “the Iron Lady” and when?
The 1980s British leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a tough cookie. “The Iron Lady” was a nickname given by a Russian newspaper, and the name stuck. Not to be confused with “Iron Maiden,” which was the name of both a medieval execution device and a torturous 1970s rock band. Margaret Hilda Thatcher was born on Octo
