These films represent a period during which the wave of modern feminism was to find full flower in the United States, and these works certainly reflect that momentum. In the mechanics of their making and the subjectivity of their female characters, these films illustrate some of the ways in which women have shaped the already existing structures to satisfy their goals. Each of these filmmakers challenged conventional expectations and managed somehow to come into being in the first place. The Working Girls by Stephanie Rothman and Working Girls by Lizzie Borden. That, in the end, may be the most telling commonality of all.
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