Immortal LIfe- Henrietta Lacks Timeline

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  • Henrietta is Born

    Henrietta is born in Roanoke, Virginia into a family of tobacco farmers.

  • Henrietta marries David "Day" Lacks

    She married her cousin, David Lacks, with whom she would have three children in wedlock

  • Birth of Joseph Lacks

    Henrietta's final child was born at Johns Hopkins Hospital. This triggered events that led to her diagnosis.

  • Henrietta checks into Johns Hopkins

    After finding a "knot" in her womb, she checks into Johns Hopkins

  • Death of Henrietta Lacks

    Henrietta dies of cervical cancer

  • The Lacks Family learns her cells are still alive