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Nottingham, United Kingdom
Aim
NWHG aims to put up plaques celebrating women's achievements - this plaque is for Margaret Glen Bott OBE, Nottingham's first woman surgeon
HIDDEN HERSTORY
Walk around the city of Nottingham and you will find plaques celebrating the achievements of men, but very few that commemorate the pioneering and often remarkable lives and illustrious careers of women. Women like Margaret Glenn Bott.
RESILIENCE
Born in 1891 Margaret always wanted to be a doctor, but in the early 1900s this was a difficult area for women to pursue. She persevered, training at the London School of Medicine and qualified in 1915. But the challenges didn't stop there. Finding a hospital which would take her on proved just as tough until Nottingham General Hospital, dealing with an influx of 500 WW1 injured soldiers, gave her a role in 1916 and the start of a remarkable career.
ONWARDS & UPWARDS
She opened her own practice in 1919, became surgeon at Nottingham Women's Hospital, assistant surgeon at the children's hospital and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians. She was known for traveling all over the city and county by bicycle in the early days to attend to appointments and emergencies.
In 1937 she was made a Magistrate and from 1939-1958 she sat on the City Council. She was also Chair of what was then called Nottingham No. 2 Hospital Management Committee. And as if this wasn't enough, Margaret was also a member of Nottingham Castle Museums and Libraries Committee, the University Council and a county badminton player!
RECOGNITION
Margaret did receive an OBE in 1961 for her years of service as a Councillor and had a secondary school (sadly no longer there) in Wollaton Park named after her. Now, Nottingham Women's History Group want to complete this recognition by installing a blue plaque on the house which was her home for over 25 years. Our aim is to unveil the plaque on 21st March 2026, the date she died back in 1969.
To design, manufacture and install the plaque will cost around £900. We're hoping that you will be inspired by Margaret's inspirational story to donate. The plaque will not only raise the profile of this remarkable woman it will be one more step in rebalancing the deficit of public acknowledgment of women's achievement. Thank you for your support.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made