Milicent Patrick was the first female animator at Disney (the first credit went to Retta Scott though), but it's hard to find her animations on YouTube since she's also a pioneer in movie makeup and monster design; she created the gillman in Creature from the Black Lagoon. I'm giving you a two'fer

Mini documentary
https://youtu.be/HMlftW6M76Y

Night on Bald Mountain, Fantasia (she worked on the demon Chernabog)
https://youtu.be/srO2rdWibCQ

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Mary Ellen Bute did abstract animations in the 1940s called "seeing sounds". (To me they feel very 1960s, so it's amazing she was 20yrs ahead.) Here's her 'Tarantella' from 1940.

TW spider, flashing past in the beginning.

https://youtu.be/czDsy8BYP1M

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I've been posting works from pioneering female animators here. Now you can find a few of them presented in a blog post on my blog.

https://marthacrimson.com/from-paper-cuts-to-pins-five-pioneering-female-animators/

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Bonus Hermína Týrlová: Ferda Mravenec/Fernando the Ant

https://youtu.be/AkORm4ySeIs

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Today in animation history: Revolt of the Toys by Hermína Týrlová, the mother of Czech animation. (I really like those horses!)

https://youtu.be/HLYM4jTvULg

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1953 "Полет на Луну" (The Flight to the Moon ) par Zinaida et Valentina BRUMBERG. (CCCP)

The Brumberg sisters were among the pioneers in the Soviet animation industry and worked from 1925 to 1974. I'm impressed by the rotoscopy in this one. (See also Tsar Durandai)

https://youtu.be/bz7HMb5j0Rs

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Lotte Reiniger's Cinderella. (While "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" 1926 is more known, it's also more bogged down by stereotypes. Still worth a look, but since it's not her only work I chose this one.)

https://youtu.be/poq0bf6M8Z8

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