Jill Abramson

Became executive editor of the news division of The New York Times in September 2011, the first woman to hold that position.

[on being fired by the New York Times, 2014] It seems we've embarked on new terrain where workplace sexism isn't so easily diagnosed. It's no longer a 'sweetie' here, or a slap on the backside there. Nor is it, in this case, a plainly unjust pay cut or salary disparity. It's a he said, she said.