Henrietta Lacks was born to the name Loretta Pleasant on August 1 ,1920 in Roanoke, Virginia. At some point in her life she changed her name to Henrietta. When her mother dies in 1924 she had to moved with her grandfather in a log cabin that happening to be a slave quarters of a white ancestor's plantation. Henrietta didn’t get her own room she had to share a room with her cousin David " Day" Lacks. In 1935 when Henrietta was only 14 her and David had a son together that they named Lawrence. In 1939 the couple had a daughter and named her Elsie and married in 1941. Henrietta and David moved to Maryland and they had Deborah, David Jr. , and Joseph. Their second child Elsie was developmentally disabled in…
it looks as if farrah abraham is sooner or later growing up. in a current interview, the former teenager mother stated that she is all about the enterprise and is now dedicating this factor in her life to cognizance on her destiny. “it’s like while you become older and also you retire… if you don’t use your mind then its just go to waste,” she stated. and to ensure her mind doesn’t go to waste, she’s been investing her money and time into ventures so one can develop her revenue in the longterm. and she’s succeeding.…
¬¬Sam Irwin Doctor Linda Pipe-Price English 1302 8 October 2014 HeLa: A Necessary Discovery In 1951 Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Upon starting treatment for her condition a small sample of the tumor that grew inside her was t¬¬aken without her knowledge and against her will. When doctors asked Henrietta’s husband if they could use the sample he declined the offer. Despite his refusal, the sample was used anyways.…
Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27 ,1907 , along the Allegheny River. Her father , Robert Warden Carson , was an insurance salesman whereas her mother , Maria Frazier , was a stay at home mother. At a young age Carson developed the hobby of reading . She particularly liked to read the “St. Nicolas Magazine”. Ironically , she later in her life publish multiple stories in that magazine. After elementary school Carson attended Parnassus High School , located in Kensington , Philadelphia. Four years later, she graduates from that school and earns a scholarship to Pennsylvania College for Women. She aims to major English and become an English teacher. In college she is inspired by her biology professor named Mary Scott Skinker and she changes…
Have you ever wanted revenge on your parents? Lizzie Borden was accused of the murder of her father and stepmother at the age of 31. I deem Lizzie guilty of the murder of her stepmother. Also, I think Bridget Sullivan, their servant was responsible for the murder of Abby Borden. According to source #3, Lizzie tried buying poison just days before the murders of her father and stepmother. She claimed the reason for the poison was to clean a sealskin cape. Plus she burned a dress the day after being named a suspect. In my opinion, most of the evidence points to Lizzie…
In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, Skloot is a young white woman that becomes fascinated by Henrietta Lacks when she learns of her in a community college biology class. Henrietta Lacks was a young black woman who was never spoken of. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of thirty. When she received treatment for that cancer doctors unknowingly stole her cervical cells. These cells were named HeLa. In Skloots book she states, “Scientists had been trying to keep human cells alive in culture for decades, but they all eventually died. Henrietta’s were different: they reproduced an entire generation every twenty-four hours, and they never stopped. They…
Elle Macpherson, nicknamed “The Body” by Time magazine, is Australia’s most notorious and highest paid model ever. Here are 15 little known facts about Fashion icon! Stay tuned for part two, coming soon.…
On February 7th, 2017 Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the Secretary of Education. Betsy is a billionaire from Michigan who has little to no experience with education. The only experience she has with education is the schooling that she had taken part of when growing up. She never experienced education in the role of a professional educator. The Secretary of Education doesn’t mean much to most people but this cabinet position touches and deals with the education that is given to our youth and future. DeVos also has no experience with the disabled. She stated that she was unfamiliar with the law that protects the students with disabilities. Electing Betsy is a huge concern for myself and many others. As a future educator, I know and understand the…
"As we left Cronsville, Deborah thanked Lurz for the information, saying, "I've been waiting for this a long, long time, Doc." When asked if she was okay, her eyes welled with tears and she said, "Like I'm always telling my brothers, if you going to go into history, you can't do it with a hate attitude. You got to remember, times was…
Do we own our bodily tissues? This question has came about in many different situations. One example is with the Lacks family. In 1951, doctors removed some of Henrietta Lack’s cells without consent and formed a line of immortal cells, her cells. The Lacks family had no idea about Henrietta’s immortal cells and didn’t find out for years. Care must be taken to protect the patients from having their cells stolen. But how much protection? Who should own the tissue after it has been removed from the patient? Giving someone the rights to sell bodily tissue is questionable. Neither researchers nor patients should have rights to sell any human tissue.…
Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. Jane Goodall, an 83 year old primatologist, composed an essay named “From Hope for Animals and Their World” to emphasize her perspective of nature throughout her use of diction. The introduction to Goodall came from her influences which were specifically chimpanzees in Gombe. As seen from the Youtube video “Among the Wild Chimpanzees” it reveals how Goodall was impacted since a young age when she observed her dog. Questions came to mind of how this critter reacted a certain way and furthermore she began to provide these ideas of hers to other organisms. This substantiated Jane Goodall’s aspiration in life.…
My sociology pioneer is Laura Jane Addams. Laura Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in the windy city of Cedarville, Illinois. Her mother passed away when she was two years old. She was raised by her father, John Addams and her stepmother. Years went by and she was an adult. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881 and was the first student to take courses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jane use different kind of methods such as strategies from book details, helping families in unserved communities. At key moments in her adult life, there were immigrant families that lived all over society. In the year 1889 there were also Irish and German immigrants that lived in the United States. In the year 1890, there were many Northern…
What do Jane Addams, Maria Montessori and Muhammad Yunus have in common? All are exemplary social entrepreneurs, leaders who have identified sustainable solutions to social problems that have fundamentally changed society.…
Harlow, H.F., Dodsworth, R.O. and Harlow, M.K. (1965) ‘Total social isolation in monkeys’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of…
Like us, chimps are highly social animals, care for their offspring for years and can live to be over 50. In fact, chimpanzees are our closest cousins; we share about 98 percent of our genes.…