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Iron Lady (other)
"Iron Lady" is a nickname of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Iron Lady may also refer to: Film and television *''The Iron Ladies'', a 2008 Thai film *The Iron Lady (film), ''The Iron Lady'' (film), a 2011 biographical film about Margaret Thatcher *The Iron Lady (TV series), ''The Iron Lady'' (TV series), a 2009 Malaysian series about a strong-willed Chinese woman Music *The Iron Lady (album), ''The Iron Lady'' (album), a 1979 satirical album about Margaret Thatcher *"Iron Lady", a song by Phil Ochs Other uses *''Vénus de Quinipily'' or ''The Iron Lady'', an ancient statue in Brittany, France *''Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady'', a 2003 biography by John Campbell (biographer), John Campbell *"Britain Awake", a 1976 speech by Thatcher sometimes called the "Iron Lady speech" People with the nickname *Martine Aubry (born 1950), Minister of Labour of France (1991–1993) *Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), Prime Minister of Pakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Lady
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime minister and the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies that became known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist, before becoming a barrister. She was elected Member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970–1974 government. In 1975, she defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to lead a major politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golda Meir
Golda Meir, ; ar, جولدا مائير, Jūldā Māʾīr., group=nb (born Golda Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician, teacher, and ''kibbutznikit'' who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was the first woman to become head of government in Israel. Born in Kyiv in the Russian Empire, she immigrated to Wisconsin, United States as a child with her family in 1906, and was educated there, becoming a teacher. After getting married, she and her husband emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1921, settling on a ''kibbutz''. Meir was elected prime minister of Israel on 17 March 1969, after serving as labour minister and foreign minister. The world's fourth and Israel's only woman to hold the office of prime minister, and the first in any country in the Middle East, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics. Meir was Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Israel was caught off guard and suffered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Man (other)
Iron Man, Ironman or Ironmen may refer to: *Nathaniel "Iron Man" Avery (1939–1985), American caddie for Arnold Palmer *Travis Fulton (1977–2021), American mixed martial arts fighter *Gunnar Graps (1951–2004), Estonian musician *Mick Murphy (cyclist) (1934–2015), Irish cyclist *Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), Indian independence activist and former Deputy Prime Minister of India *Cal Ripken Jr. (born 1960), American Major League Baseball player *Ivan Stewart (born 1945), American off-road racing driver *Billy Williams (born 1938), American Major League Baseball player Films Marvel Cinematic Universe * ''Iron Man'' (2008 film), an American live-action film based on the Marvel character **Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the character as depicted in the media franchise *''Iron Man 2'', the 2010 sequel to the film *''Iron Man 3'', the 2013 sequel Other films * ''The Iron Man'' (serial), a 1924 film serial *''The Iron Man'', or ''A Man of Iron'', a 1925 silent fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Maiden (other)
Iron Maiden are a British heavy metal band. Iron Maiden may also refer to: * Iron maiden, a torture device Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Iron Maiden (comics), a fictional Russian super villain from Marvel Comics * Iron Maiden, a supervillain from the comic book ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'' * ''Iron Maiden'' and ''Iron Maiden II'', battleships from the anime series ''Trinity Blood'' * Eiserne Jungfrau, also known as "Iron Maidens" in English, characters of 07th Expansion Sound Novel ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' * Iron Maiden Jeanne, a character in the anime and manga series ''Shaman King'' * Valda the Iron Maiden, a comic book character Music * ''Iron Maiden'' (album), the band Iron Maiden's self-titled debut album and its title song * "Iron Maiden", a song by Ghostface Killah from the album ''Ironman'' * ''The Iron Maidens'', U.S. all-female tribute band to ''Iron Maiden'' UK band Video games * '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden'', a 1998 video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Lord (other)
''Iron Lord'' is a video game. Iron Lord, Lord Iron, or Lord of Iron may also refer to: * ''Iron Lord'' (film), a Russian historical film, 2010 * ''Lord Iron'', a character in Daniel Abraham's novelette "'' The Cambist and Lord Iron''" Other uses *Iron Lady (other) *Iron Duke (other) *Iron Baron (other) See also *Iron Man (other) *Iron Woman (other) Iron Woman or Ironwoman may refer to: * '' The Iron Woman'', a 1993 science fiction novel by Ted Hughes * ''The Iron Woman'' (film), a 1916 American silent film * The Iron Woman (Deland novel), a 1911 novel of manners by Margaret Deland * Ironma ... * Iron Throne (other) * Iron Crown (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Duke (other)
Iron Duke may refer to: People * William Mark Duke (1879–1971), Archbishop of Vancouver * Irvin Khoza (born 1948), South African football administrator * John F. Thompson (politician) (1920–1965), U.S. politician * Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507–1582), Spanish noble, general, and diplomat involved in the Eighty Years' War * Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (1803–1880), Brazilian army officer and politician * Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British soldier and statesman * Beltrán Alfonso Osorio, 18th duke of Alburquerque (1918–1994), Spanish noble and amateur jockey * Robert William Wilcox (1855–1903), Hawaiian revolutionary soldier and politician Ships * , any of several British Royal Navy ships * HMS ''Iron Duke'' (1870), a battleship sold for scrap in 1906 * HMS ''Iron Duke'' (1912), the fleet flagship at the Battle of Jutland * HMS ''Iron Duke'' (F234), a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 Trains * GWR I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Crown (other)
Iron Crown can refer to: * Iron Crown of Lombardy, part of the regalia of the Kingdom of Italy * Order of the Iron Crown (Kingdom of Italy), an order associated with the Iron Crown of Lombardy * Order of the Iron Crown (Austria), an order of merit of Austria and Austria-Hungary until 1918 Entertainment *"Kanawa" ("鉄輪" "The Iron Crown"), a Japanese Noh play *Iron Crown Enterprises, a roleplaying game publisher * Iron Crown (Pokémon), a fictional species of Pokémon Film *''The Iron Crown'' ( it, La corona di ferro, links=no), 1941 Italian adventure film *'' Mythica: The Iron Crown'', 2016 American fantasy film Other uses * , Australian iron ore carrier sunk in WWII * Iron Crown Airport (FAA id: 22OR), Marion County, Oregon, USA * King of the Lombards, from his crown, the ''Iron Crown'' See also * Iron Throne (other) * Iron Lord (other) * Iron Lady (other) "Iron Lady" is a nickname of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), the first female prime mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Baron (other)
Iron Baron, or a variation of the title, may refer to: * Iron Baron, South Australia, an iron ore mine * * Bettino Ricasoli (1809–1880), 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli, nicknamed "The Iron Baron" * ''Iron Baron'', a character from Marvel's ''Secret Wars'', see Hydra See also * Iron Duke (other) *Iron Lady (other) "Iron Lady" is a nickname of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Iron Lady may also refer to: Film and television *''The Iron Ladies'', a 2008 Thai film *The Iron Lady (film), ''The Iron Lady'' ... * Iron Lord (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Yi (politician)
Wu Yi (born November 1938) is a retired Chinese politician. She was one of the country's most visible leaders during the first decade of the 21st century, best known for taking on the role of Minister of Health from April 2003 during the SARS outbreak, shortly after becoming Vice Premier of the State Council, a position she served in between March 2003 and March 2008. She was also a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. She has since retired and left public life. She was commonly referred to as the "iron lady" by Chinese media, and was known to be a tough negotiator internationally. Biography Wu was born in November 1938 to an ordinary intellectual family based in Wuhan, but she traces her ancestry to nearby Huangmei County in Hubei province. She was the younger of two children. Her parents died while she was young, so she was brought up by her brother, who was eight years her senior. In April 1962, she joined the Chinese Communist Party. In August of the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Monrovia to a Gola father and Kru-German mother. She was educated at the College of West Africa. She completed her education in the United States, where she studied at Madison Business College and Harvard University. She returned to Liberia to work in William Tolbert's government as Deputy Minister of Finance from 1971 to 1974. Later, she worked again in the West, for the World Bank in the Caribbean and Latin America. In 1979, she received a cabinet appointment as Minister of Finance, serving to 1980. After Samuel Doe seized power in 1980 in a coup d'état and executed Tolbert, Sirleaf fled to the United States. She worked for Citibank and then the Equator Bank. She returned to Liberia to contest a senatorial seat for Montserrado Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irom Chanu Sharmila
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 14 March 1972), also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" ("the fair one") is an Indian civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur, which is located on the north-eastern side of India. On 5 November 2000, she began a hunger strike in favour of abolishing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 that applies to the seven states and grants Indian armed forces the power to search properties without a warrant, and to arrest people, and to use deadly force if there is "reasonable suspicion" that a person is acting against the state. She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 long years of fasting. Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks (she was nasally force fed in jail), she has been called "the world's longest hunger striker". On International Women's Day, 2014 she was voted the top woman icon of India by MSN Poll. In 2014 two parties asked her to stand in the national election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Defensor Santiago
Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago (''née'' Defensor; June 15, 1945 – September 29, 2016) was a Filipino scholar, academic, lawyer, judge, author, and stateswoman who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Santiago was named one of The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 1997 by ''The Australian''. She was known for being a long-serving Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, an elected judge of the International Criminal Court, and the sole female recipient of the Philippines' highest national honor, the Quezon Service Cross. In 1988, Defensor Santiago was named laureate of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service, with a citation ''for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency.''Santiago M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
