Could she...oh, I don't know...maybe make an issue of it in the same century?
Should a woman not make an issue of her powerful boss’s advances?
Look, even in a day before so much harrassment talk, it was not ok for a big honcho to hit on and expect satisfaction from the junior women.
Yes, women should call men on it. And public figures, even more so, because they frequently get away with dozens of such attacks, and it’s abusive.
Powerful men will simply have to get actual, consensual dates (or hired hands) outside of the office, period.