Both Jackie Robinson and Daisy Junor went through hard times while playing baseball. Many of the things they went through had a lot to do with racism, sexism and unappreciation.

Jackie Robinson was the first african american male to ever play in the white man’s major baseball league. Which was full of white men. Being the only black man in the league he was at a huge disadvantage. He wasn’t allowed to use self defense when hit or threatened. People in the stands would throw things and curse at him. He also had to eat and sleep in different places while in certain states because integration still wasn’t illegal.

Daisy Junor was one of the first women in the major league for women. Since she was a women in the 1940’s there wasn’t really much