Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>"Kelley began working in the industry doing menial jobs like washing film cells, but she worked her way up and Johnson said she was eventually "working elbow to elbow with <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MaxFleischer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxFleischer</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PaulTerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulTerry</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WalterLantz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalterLantz</span></a>, animators who were household names."</p><p>Her work as a pioneering animator was lost to history — until now | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BessieMaeKelley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BessieMaeKelley</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animation</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/HistoryOfAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfAnimation</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/WomenInAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInAnimation</span></a> | NPR<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/12/24/1145092476/bessie-mae-kelley-first-woman-animator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2022/12/24/1145092476/</span><span class="invisible">bessie-mae-kelley-first-woman-animator</span></a></p>