Disney Studios’ 1939 Rejection Letter (Was Just The Tip Of The Sexist Iceberg)
Women had their own campus, called The Nunnery. Yikes.
![Disney Studios’ 1939 Rejection Letter (Was Just The Tip Of The Sexist Iceberg)](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/7/743037_320x180.jpg?v=1)
The rumor that Walt Disney flat-out refused to employ female animators isn't quite true, but the whole story isn't much better:
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![But it gets even more sexist from there. The Inkers and Painters were kept on a separate campus, known as The Nunnery.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/0/743030.jpg?v=1)
![This 1939 promotional documentary describes the Inking and Painting process: The Inking Department. Here, hundreds of pretty girls color the drawings](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/6/743036.jpg?v=1)
![Walt wasn't going to promote anyone from The Nunnery, and they knew it. One Inker said each time they were beginning to get good, they've quit to get](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/4/743034.jpg?v=1)
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![Walt eventually offered night classes for aspiring female animators. But only because he knew a bunch of his animators were about to be drafted into W](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/3/1/743031.jpg?v=1)