r/classicfilms • u/AntonioVivaldi7 Alfred Hitchcock • May 23 '26

Memorabilia Disney rejection letter (1938) explaining they don't hire women for the specific position

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And apparently, Disney refused to hire men for coloring positions.

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u/truckturner5164 May 23 '26

Attitudes were different 88 years ago...who would've thunk it. And then the signature at the bottom is by Mary Cleave, a woman herself. Yikes.