Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson, born Rachel Annetta Isum (July 19, 1922), is a former nurse and the widow of the famous African-American baseball player, Jackie Robinson. Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended UCLA. There, she met Jackie in 1941, and she married him in 1946. A baby, Jackie Robinson, Jr. was born to her in November 1946. The Robinsons would later have a daughter, Sharon, and another son, David.

After Jackie Robinson's retirement from baseball, Rachel Robinson pursued her nursing career, eventually becoming an Assistant Professor of nursing at Yale University and later, the Director of Nursing at the Connecticut Mental Health Center.

In 1973, after Jackie died, Rachel founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

In 2007, she was awarded the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award by Commissioner Bud Selig.