Margaret Thatcher, R.I.P.

Melissa McEwan from Shakesville wrote a great post about former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday at age 87:

"Margaret Thatcher was a radical conservative, and I don't have anything kind to say about her politics. She would not have had anything kind to say about mine. She was the ultimate Exceptional Woman, and, irrespective of one's opinion about her choice to play that role, it was central to her attainment of the prime ministership. She was not the first, nor would she be the last, woman to understand that many glass ceilings, especially in politics and business, are broken by conservative women who make much about being just one of the guys, but also being a traditional wife and mother—just not like those other simpering, foolish, womanly wives and mothers."