Editing Mary Cartwright (section)

==Recognition==
Cartwright was the first woman:
*to serve on the Council of the [[Royal Society]]<ref name="frs"/>
*to be President of the [[Mathematical Association]] (in 1951)<ref>{{citation
 | last = Williams | first = Mrs. E. M.| author-link = Elizabeth Williams (educationist)
 | date = October 1966
 | doi = 10.2307/3614669
 | issue = 373
 | pages = 243–254| journal = The Mathematical Gazette
 | title = Presidential Address: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Education
 | volume = 50| jstor = 3614669| s2cid = 186846165}}</ref>
*to be President of the [[London Mathematical Society]] (in 1961–62)<ref name="mcs-andrews" />
*to receive the [[Sylvester Medal]] (in 1964)<ref name="mcs-andrews">{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=J. J. |last2=Robertson |first2=E. F. |title=Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright |url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Cartwright.html |publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
* to receive the [[De Morgan Medal]], the highest award of the [[London Mathematical Society]] (in 1968)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/prizes.htm#demorgan|title=Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians|website=mathwomen.agnesscott.org}}</ref>

In 1968, Cartwright became the first woman to receive the [[De Morgan Medal]], the highest award of the [[London Mathematical Society]],<ref name="auto"/><ref>[http://www.lms.ac.uk/content/list-lms-prize-winners List of LMS prize winners], LMS website, accessed July 2011</ref> and was elected an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (HonFRSE).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/mary-lucy-cartwright/ |title=Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright Hon FRSE |date=28 October 2016 |website=The Royal Society of Edinburgh |access-date=23 March 2019 }}</ref> In 1969, she received the distinction of being honoured by the Queen, becoming Dame Mary Cartwright, [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]].