AKA "Peggy" the Anglophile
When I was in eighth grade, I was chosen to be on the Women's Panel. This was a group of 10 eighth-grade girls who picked famous women in history, researched them, then "became" them in a presentation that we took around to various elementary schools in my hometown. The year that I was on the panel, such women as Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst (British suffragettes), Susan Butcher (first woman to win the Iditarod), and Indira Ghandi (first female prime minister of India) were represented. I chose Margaret Thatcher.
Looking back at Thatcher's history in British politics, the reason I picked her probably had to do with the fact that she had been mentioned in the news frequently that year--her last as the first female prime minister of England.
Apparently they are going to make a movie about the Falkland Islands debacle, and seeing as how I have experience at portraying Thatcher, I think that I should be included in the talent search.
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I love your reminiscing of our 8th grade glory days-Good memory! Here is a test: Do you remember the weird bus driver named LaVern that shuttled us all over town or Nice Girls Don't Explode?!
David wanted to know what the boys did instead of Women's panel. He was sad to learn that they didn't do anything. Icky boys.