Rita, first female news editor of The Times

I commend today's obituary of Rita Marshall, who was The Times's first female home news editor and one of the first women to work as a general reporter for the paper in the modern era. She began her career in 1954 as a reporter on the Stratford Express, later joining the Daily Express. Eleven years later she moved to The Times and was appointed home news editor in 1974. She was later an assistant editor. (Via The Times)