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Margaret ThatcherMargaret Thatcher
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"One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you though never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go too'"

Bhutto believes that Thatcher is an important role-model for other women and girls wanting to get involved in politics:

"I admired Margaret Thatcher because she was a woman who broke new ground, she broke glass ceilings."
    
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