After 20 remarkable years as editor, Alan Rusbridger is stepping down. Here he reflects on two decades of sweeping change, and recalls his fervent wish when he took the job: “Please, please let me not drop the vase”
This month, after 194 years of male leadership, the Guardian welcomes Katharine Viner as its first female editor-in-chief. This teaching resource looks briefly at a few of the women who helped to pave the way for her in the last century – leaving their mark on the newspaper and their stories in the GNM Archive.
‘Farewell, readers’ Alan Rusbridger on leaving the Guardian after two decades at the helm
In pictures 20 years as Guardian editor