# Thatcher's role for women and the influence of women in politics on women's rights

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-22-thatchers-role-for-women-and-the-influence-of-women-in-politics-on-wo

The post argues that women reaching high political office does not by itself advance women's rights and compares the symbolic roles of several women leaders.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 22 November 2005

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2005/11/22/thatchers-role-for-women-and-the-influence-of-women-in-politics-on-womens-rights/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: feminism, politics, gender.

## Related

- [Welcome to Dominik's Week in Thought](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-17-welcome-to-dominiks-week-in-thought) (Blog post · 17 November 2005)
- [Some misconceptions by the defenders of the Theory of Evolution](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-18-reason-fact-and-fiction-on-evolution-intelligent-designs-five-favorit) (Blog post · 18 November 2005)
- [Access vs. close-reading journalism as a metaphor for educational standards](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-21-access-vs-close-reading-journalism-as-a-metaphor-for-educational-stan) (Blog post · 21 November 2005)
- [Terror's stealth weapon: women - Los Angeles Times](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-29-terrors-stealth-weapon-women-los-angeles-times) (Blog post · 29 November 2005)
- [A Man's Right to Choose - A Feminist Issue?](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-02-a-mans-right-to-choose-a-feminist-issue) (Blog post · 2 December 2005)
- [Challenges facing feminism in post-communist Czech Republic](https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-12-03-challenges-facing-feminism-in-post-communist-czech-republic) (Blog post · 3 December 2005)

Section: [Writing](https://dominiklukes.net/writing)