Sexist Disney Rejection Letter circa 1938

Snow White is so much about dreams coming true, so there’s something very sad about getting a sexist rejection letter from Disney with her character so well positioned on the Disney letterhead of that era:

“Women do not do any of the creative work in connection with preparing the cartoons for the screen, as that work is performed entirely by young men. For this reason girls are not considered for the training school.”

By the way the good news is that Miss Mary V. Ford went on to become an animator during World War II…