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    • Rachel Robinson

    Widow of Jackie Robinson (born 1922)

    For other people with the same name, see Rachel Robinson (disambiguation).

    Rachel Annetta Robinson (néeIsum; born July 19, 1922) is an American former professor and registered nurse.

    She is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson. After her husband's death, she founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation.[1]

    Life and work

    Rachel Isum was born in Los Angeles, California, and attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, California, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[2] At UCLA, she met Jackie Robinson in 1941 prior to his leaving UCLA when his baseball eligibility ran out.

    She graduated from UCLA on June 1, 1945, with a bachelor's degree in nursing. Rachel and Robinson married on February 10, 1946,[1] the year before he broke into the big leagues. They had three children, named Jackie Robinson Jr.

    (1946–1971), who died in an automobile crash in 1971 at