Thatcher would also go on to become the nation's first female prime minister.

Which Muslim country has not had a female prime minister?

She did feel some triumph though at the election of the country's first female prime minister.

With the first female prime minister 30 years ago we're way ahead of the curve.

It was the first Ukrainian government without a female minister.

She was also one of the first female foreign ministers in the world.

So what lessons can we learn from our only female prime minister?

She was Rwanda's first and so far only female prime minister.

She is Turkey's first and only female prime minister to date.

She was the first female prime minister in the world.