The extraordinary account of Margaret Thatcher's life up to her dramatic election as the first woman Prime Minister of England in 1979. Margaret Thatcher was the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. This is the story of her remarkable life in her own words. In this second volume of her memoirs following ' The Downing Street Years' she writes candidly about the experiences that propelled her to the very top in a man's world. Beginning with her upbringing in Grantham she goes on to describe her Oxford years marriage to Denis & entry into Parliament at a time when there were no more than a handful of women MPs. Rising through the ranks to Education Secretary & then Leader of the Opposition she led the Conservative Party to a historic victory in the 1979 general election becoming Britain's first female prime minister. Margaret Thatcher's compelling account stands as a powerful testament to her influential legacy. Although ' The Path to Power' is not available as an ebook the ebook ' Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography' (ISBN 978-0-00-741694-3) comprises abridged versions of this & the second volume of Thatcher's memoirs ' The Downing Street Years'.