Who is Rita from London Transports and what is their importance? London_Transports English & Literature Rita | London Transports

The first competent temporary worker hired by the newspaper in months, Rita is a big, tough, black woman from the West Indies. She rolls as she walks and dresses garishly. She looks slow, lazy, and preoccupied, but is efficient and competent when dealing with people who come with hopeless story ideas. She needs little supervision and is soon offered—and casually accepts—a permanent position. Rita says that she lives in Notting Hill but reveals none of the details of her life that other temps cannot resist sharing in lurid detail. Rita's lack of communication only increases office interest in her life. She lets slip that she has a husband.