Margaret Glen Bott

Margaret Stote Glen Bott OBE (1891–1969) was a physician and a city councillor, who worked in Nottingham and was the first woman surgeon at the Nottingham Women's Hospital.

Training Born in Bolton in 1891, Glen Bott was the youngest of six children – her father Alexander was a clergyman and her mother's name was Mina Stote. Glen Bott moved to Nottingham in 1916, where she was employed at the Nottingham General Hospital nursing injured soldiers from WW1, and she lived at 2 Newcastle Circus in The Park Estate, Nottingham. Glen Bott trained at the London School of Medicine for Women, now the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, where she qualified with the Conjoint Diploma in 1915, as degrees were not then awarded in England for women training in medicine. and she was also an assistant surgeon at the Nottingham Children's Hospital (NWHG). In trade directories for 1920,1922 she was listed as a surgeon at 9 Wellington Circus, Nottingham. Glen Bott lived at 15 Regent Street, Nottingham in 1925 and 1939. After nearly 20 years specialising in gynaecological work she was recognised through election to Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG).

Margaret Glen Bott School The Margaret Glen Bott School – a secondary school in Wollaton Park, Nottingham was named after Glen Bott in 1955 (closed 2004). "Nottingham has been so kind to me. It gave me my first chance and also the chance to set up in specialised work. I love the City and I think it is very beautiful." Glen Bott received an OBE in 1961 for her political service to the city, and received it at Buckingham Palace, with her niece, Angela Woods and great-niece Christine Woods in attendance. Her medal was firstly given to her friend, who then presented it to Nottingham's Castle Museum for "which she did so much". Glen Bott retired in 1968 and died the following year.