Video: Edwina Currie: Margaret Thatcher did 'more for women than many feminists' "The good effect was the we had one at last, she was terrific and she showed that she had courage and great strength of character, and that I think put paid to any argument that women couldn't possibly do the job," she said. On the other hand, I think it led to Labour in particular wanting to make it easier for women to come up the system and they created all women shortlists and rubbish like that, and the net result of that was many women arrived in parliament but actually weren't very good at doing the job. She added that she would agree with the suggestion that Mrs Thatcher did more for women than many feminists did, and that it would take some time to find Britain's next female prime minister. Feminists just complain bitterly that it's somebody else's fault that they haven't got to the top. Margaret Thatcher just figured out how to do it and took the opportunity and had the courage really to stick her neck out and have a go at it.