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WHEN THE glass ceiling BREAKS

Maggie Thatcher has a lot to reply to for.

The former (and first female) Prime Minister of Great britain from 1979 to 1990 was also the longest-serving PM in modern times. Revered and reviled for her tough stance and unbending will, she epitomised what individuals did not like about females in power. Tough. Conceited. Unsympathetic. And yet, she was undoubtedly successful.

What most people usually do not consider is that Mrs Thatcher (it’s doubtful she'd have been happy with “Ms”) had just a male construct of leadership and power on which to be able to model herself.

You could title on one hand the number of women who were leaders of their country (without getting born into the position) prior to Thatcher. The only real model of how to direct a country was written by guys over enturies.

And men are different to women.

Yes, Maggie was a precursor. She broke through "the glass ceiling", that metaphorical barrier that tantalised ladies and kept them from opportunities of real power. Called “The Iron Lady”, Margaret challenged the particular public’s (unrealistic?) expectation that a girl in power would have the heart. There has never already been a question that a man must have a heart in the same circumstances.

Thatcher was tough as well as unwavering … just like the majority of men political leaders around the world and through history.

In the 21st century we have a expanding body of female role models in leadership roles who're redefining the very concept of leadership. Precisely because we have more women in powerful opportunities than ever before. As a consequence, we are able to investigate the ‘rules’ of what it is to become leader. Margaret Thatcher did not have which luxury. She was a trailblazer there was enormous pressure to execute … because she was a lady.

Those women have got to which position because other ladies, like Maggie Thatcher, have gone before to blaze the trail.

Just like any other trailblazer, it is expected in which others who come after will certainly improve and do issues differently. Yet, if it are not for those who go before, ordinary people would take longer to move ahead.

It has to be remembered that women only have been in the workforce in large numbers since the late 1940’s. In the 1950’s we were encouraged to step out of the particular workforce and go back to be dutiful wives, mothers, daughters.

We all know how hard it is to place something back in its box after we’ve taken it out.

And so in the 1960’s women were ‘liberated’ and also the concept of a working life for ladies, even a career, was made possible. (There are notable exceptions for example when one had to step down if one became married, and certainly pregnant).

So, bear in mind that for women who live only 50 years of serious staff participation and the growth ended up rapid to the point where few, in the event that any, occupations are definitely out-of-bounds. For women who live raced up the leadership step ladder over the past twenty years and now we have increased participation at the top echelons of organisations and politics although Panel roles are still under-represented by ladies.

Much of this is thanks to women like Maggie Thatcher.

Politics aside, love her or loath the girl, she was a feminist by the woman's very exemplar. She, and others such as her, made it possible for women today to ignorantly say, “I’m not a feminist and I don’t rely on feminism”. The only reason they have the freedom to think that their role like a fire-fighter or a senior manager is actually “the norm” and totally on merit is because women like Thatcher went through the hard yards and stood from the tide to normalise women’s experiences these days.

Maggie broke the Glass Ceiling. Doing that takes a solid sense of self.