Having over 30 percent female employees working at Disney studios was a progressive number in 1940 and sadly, it would still be a progressive number today. As of 2017, women make up only 23 percent of union animation jobs. There are many more women working as freelance artists and animators, but for big studio jobs, the numbers are pathetic. It wasn’t until 2012 that the first woman (Brenda Chapman) won an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature Film category for the movie Brave.
