looks at the way the sex symbol was also a feminist trail blazer. here s a preview. the world knows her as the movie star. the original material girl. the provocative bombshell. but now, after a reckoning in hollywood, many say it s time to reframe the way we see marilyn monroe. marilyn challenges what it means to have agency as a woman and what it means to be a feminist. reporter: marilyn arrived in hollywood in 1946 as norma jean doherty and quickly became her transformation into a superstar. it did not take long for marilyn to understand the patriarchal studio system governing hollywood. i think marilyn accepted she was going to have to date people in order to get what she wanted. reporter: but marilyn rebuffed harry cohen, head of
blazer, cnn s alisyn camerota has a preview. reporter: the world new here as the original material girl, a provocative bombshell, but now after a reckoning in hollywood many say it s time to reframe the way we see marilyn monroe. marilyn challenges what it means to have agency as a woman. and what it means to be a feminist. reporter: marilyn arrived in hollywood in 1946 as norma jean dougherty, and quickly began her transformation into a superstar. it did not take long for marilyn to understand the patriarchal studio system governing hollywood. i think marilyn accepted that she was going to have to date people to get what she wanted. reporter: marilyn rebuffed harry cohen, head of columbia pictures and one of the most powerful men in hollywood. and outed others in an article