Female protagonists in Disney animated films

Several Disney animated films include female heroes and villains. Notable among them:

*Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (released December 21, 1937). Featuring Snow White along with her stepmother and main antagonist, the Witch Queen.
*Cinderella (released February 15, 1950). Featuring Cinderella and her stepmother and main antagonist, Lady Tremaine.
*Alice in Wonderland (released July 26, 1951). Featuring and .
*Peter Pan (released February 5, 1953). Featuring Wendy Darling and the pixie Tinker Bell.
*Lady and the Tramp (released June 16, 1955). Featuring Lady, a female Cocker Spaniel, and human antagonist Aunt Sarah.
*Sleeping Beauty (released January 29, 1959). Featuring Princess Aurora, the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, and the witch Maleficent.
*One Hundred and One Dalmatians (released January 25, 1961). Featuring Perdita, a female dalmatian and the villain Cruella De Vil.
*The Aristocats (released December 11, 1970). Featuring the female aristocratic cats Duchess and Marie.
*Robin Hood (released November 8, 1973). Featuring Maid Marian the vixen and Lady Kluck the chicken.
*The Rescuers (released June 22, 1977). Featuring Miss Bianca, a Hungarian mouse, Penny, a victim of kidnapping, and Madame Medusa, her kidnapper and main villain.
* The Black Cauldron (released July 24, 1985). Featuring Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad and granddaughter of Regat.
*Who Framed Roger Rabbit (released June 21, 1988), a partially animated film featuring Jessica Rabbit.
* The Little Mermaid (released November 15, 1989). Featuring Ariel and the villain Ursula the Sea Witch.
*The Rescuers Down Under (released November 16, 1990). Sequel to The Rescuers, again featuring Bianca.
*Beauty and the Beast (released November 22, 1991). Featuring main protagonist Belle and servant Mrs. Potts.
*Aladdin (released November 11, 1992). Featuring Princess Jasmine.
*Pocahontas (released June 15, 1995). Featuring Pocahontas.
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame (released June 21, 1996). Featuring Esmeralda the gypsy girl.
*Hercules (released June 27, 1997). Featuring Megara and Hera.
*Mulan (released June 5, 1998). Featuring Fa Mulan with her family, Fa Li and Grandmother Fa.
*Tarzan (released June 18, 1999). Featuring Jane Porter and gorillas Kala and Terk.
*Atlantis: The Lost Empire (released June 3, 2001). Featuring of Atlantis along with adventurers Audrey Rocio Ramirez, Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, and co-antagonist Helga Katrina Sinclair.
*Lilo & Stitch (released June 16, 2002). Featuring the Pelekai sisters: Lilo and Nani.
*Treasure Planet (released November 27, 2002). Featuring Sarah Hawkins and Captain Amelia.
*Home on the Range (released April 2, 2004). Arguably the first Disney animated film to feature three female main characters, the dairy cows Mrs Caloway, Grace, and Maggie.
*Chicken Little (November 4, 2005.) Featuring Abby Mallard.

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