Mindy Johnson writes as much in her book Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation. As for the ink and paint department, it was down to almost half its size in ’41 compared to the year prior. After the war, however, many men returned to their previous Disney posts, pushing women back into inking and painting. Fleener was one of the first women to break into the boys’ club of animation, and many more followed suit. “It is a three-room process.” Before long, Albright was transferred to the ink and paint department as a painter.

Source: Huffington Post December 06, 2017 18:22 UTC