Editor's note: This Announcement just came across our desks. When it comes to breakthroughs in women making strides, this is something to celebrate! Read the story, written by Patricia Sullivan and celebrate along with us!

The women who launched the fight for women’s advancement at the New York Times enjoy the moment.

The news last week of Jill Abramson’s promotion to executive editor of the New York Times cheered feminists and female journalists alike, perhaps no one more than the women who sued the newspaper in 1974 over sex discrimination in hiring, pay and promotion.

“Finally! I thought I was not going to be able to hold my breath long enough,” said Betsy Wade, a former foreign desk copy chief who under her married name, Elizabeth W. Boylan, was the first named plaintiff in the 1974 lawsuit. “I’m immensely pleased. Just delighted.”

“I was very pleased. I said to myself ‘well, it’s about time!’” added Grace Glueck, a former art critic who was also among the seven named plaintiffs.

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