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Disney’s Princesses and Other Animated Heroines
Mulan bent traditional gender roles when she took her father’s place in the Chinese army in 1998’s ‘Mulan.’Elsa is the star of 2013’s ‘Frozen,’ based on Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen.’ It’s the highest-grossing animated film of all time and it’s being made into a Broadway show.Disney is making another movie with a notable female protagonist. ‘Moana,’ coming in late 2016, is about a Polynesian girl from Oceania who goes in search of adventure.So what if ‘Tangled’s’ Rapunzel defends herself with a frying pan and holds prisoners captive with her long, magical hair? In June, Disney announced plans for an animated series based on the 2010 movie.Disney says Princess Elena of Avalor will draw from Latino culture. She’s described as the ‘bold, caring, funny and clever ascendant to the throne in the fairytale kingdom of Avalor’ and is set to debut in Disney Junior’s ‘Sofia the First’ series before getting her own spinoff in 2016.Merida, a Scottish princess, sets out to break her family’s curse in Disney-Pixar’s 2012 film ‘Brave.’ She’s a skilled archer, a good swordfighter, and a pretty good horsewoman, too.Helen ‘Elastigirl’ Parr and her daughter, Violet, fight alongside the rest of the Incredible family to defeat Syndrome in 2004’s ‘The Incredibles.’
