Mary Stott (18 July 1907 – 16 September 2002) was a British feminist and journalist. Stott was a journalist and columnist on the "Women's Page" of The Guardian

The Guardian

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Stott was born on July 18, 1907 in Leicester

Leicester

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 to Robert and Amalie Waddington (née Bates) as Charlotte Mary Waddington. Her parents were both journalists. In 1937, she married Ken Stott, who was a journalist for the News Chronicle

News Chronicle

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In November 2005 she was posthumously included (one of just five women) in the Press Gazette

Press Gazette

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s 40-strong 'gallery' of most influential British journalists.

Archives

Papers of Charlotte Mary Stott are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University

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Sources

• Lena Jeger, Obituary - Mary Stott, The Guardian, 18 September 2002.
• M. Stott, 1975, Forgetting's No Excuse (London, Virago).
• M. Stott, 1985, Before I go. (Autobiography part 2)
• Elanor Mills With Kira Cochrane, "Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs"