` ` The Cotton Club '' and ` ` Pan Am '' look back before women 's liberation , says Laura Stepp . Today 's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces , she says . `` Hard work pays off for women now , '' she said . But in the past , women have still not achieved equality , she says . Even so , women are ` ` coming out of the starting line with more speed , '' says Stepp .
` ` The Cotton Club '' and ` ` Pan Am '' look back before women 's liberation , says Laura Stepp . Today 's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces , she says . But in the past , women have still not achieved equality , she says . Even so , women are ` ` coming out of the starting line with more speed , '' says Stepp .