Talk:Iron Lady
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[edit] Originated in 1976?
"The term was initially applied to Margaret Thatcher[citation needed], nicknamed so in 1976 by the Soviet media for her staunch opposition to communism." - I can confirm that it was indeed used in the USSR in 1976 but I do believe that the term is 1) much older than 1976 and 2) it is not of Russian/Soviet origin. ←Humus sapiens ну? 09:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The Golda Meir article says that she was known as the Iron Lady before Thatcher was --Leathlaobhair 03:08, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
The Golda Meir article does not cite its sources.
- iron lady
- n : British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925) [syn: Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Iron Lady]
- WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
I believe Princeton University is greater authority than unknown editors of Golada meir article. So it remains to figure out who was first to call her so and when. Mukadderat 18:20, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Update: the Golda Meir article (Allah forgive the contributor) misqoutes BBC News, which said: Golda Meir was the Iron Lady of Israeli politics years before the epithet was coined for Margaret Thatcher., i.e., id did not say she was called so years before; she was so, like many others in our list. Mukadderat 18:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Original Iron Lady
OK, I think I have found the original Iron Lady. ←Humus sapiens ну? 22:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Please allow me to respectfully disagree. Your link does not say that she was called so 200 years ago. There is no reason to assume this was nothing more than an occasional journalist's witticism of 1980s, when it was a buzzword. "star of India" + "iron lady" gives a meagre 80 google hits, including Iron Lady Ironing service, Allah is generous :-). Mukadderat 18:20, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Iron Chancellor?
Someone added (and I deleted) the unreferenced text:
- , and references the nickname of a previous male Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck("The Iron Chancellor.")
I doubt the Soviet newspaper explained how they coined the word. So it is pure guesswork; removed. Anyway, IMO Soviets knew more about Iron Felix than about Iron Chancellor. Mukadderat 09:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
