Henrietta Swan Leavitt: The Largest Star

John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.

Loretta Pleasant now known as Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia. Her mother died in 1924 while giving birth to her tenth child and her father took her and the rest of the children back to Clover, Virginia. The children were split up to live with their relatives. Henrietta was sent to live with

Henrietta Lacks was born as Loretta Pleasant. At some point in time, she changed her name to Henrietta. After her mother died in 1924, she was sent to live with her grandfather in a log cabin, that had been the slave head quarters of a white ancestor’s plantation. Henrietta shared a room with her first cousin. When she was 14, they had a boy named Lawrence and a girl name Elsie. In 1941,

Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia. Henrietta’s mother passed away in 1924. She was sent to live with her grandfather. Henrietta shared a room with her first cousin David. They had their first son, Lawrence in 1935 when she was fourteen. Then they had their first daughter in 1939, Elsie, who was disabled. Henrietta and David then moved to Maryland and had three more children, David Jr., Deborah, and Joseph.

The two went to school for a short period of time, although Henrietta stayed in school for a few more years due to the family needing more hands in the tobacco field. (Skloot, 2010, p. 23) After Henrietta and Day had two kids, they got married when Henrietta was the age of twenty. Her other cousin Fred came to visit them after moving to Baltimore and convinced Day that there was money to be made in Maryland. Day left his small family behind and ventured to Maryland, claiming that once he was established, he would bring them along. Fred received a draft notice, but before leaving, he gave his remaining money to Day so he could bring up his family (Skloot, 2010, p. 30). Once Henrietta and Day got on their feet in Baltimore together, they became comfortable in their living situation until her cervical cancer became known. She received treatment at Johns Hopkins, which was “built in 1889 as a charity hospital for the sick and poor” (Skloot, 2010, p. 30).

Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke, Virginia on August 1, 1920. After 1924 when Henrietta's mother Eliza died giving birth to tenth child. Henrietta and her siblings where taken to her fathers hometown, clover. When all of the siblings arrived at clover they had to be divided and split up to live with different relatives in different homes. Henrietta ended up with Tommy Lacks, her grandfather and her cousin David Lacks also known as Day. As Henrietta grew older, she began to draw attention from he cousins Day and Joe. Since she had been sharing a room with Day ever since she got there she found herself pregnant with Day's child. At the age of fourteen she gives birth to her first child, Lawrence and at the age of eighteen she has her second

In 1935, at 14, Henrietta gave birth to her first child Lawrence. In 1939, Elsie her daughter was

Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920 in Virginia. Her original name was Lorretta Pleasant but soon changed her name to what most know to Henrietta Lacks. When she was 4 years old her mother passed away, and she was then sent to live with her grandfather on a plantation where she was a slave. She roomed with her first cousin, David Lacks. The two together had a baby boy in 1935 when Henrietta was 14. Then the two had another child 4 years later and named her Elsie. In 1941, the two married and moved to Maryland and had three more children. Then ten years later on January 29, 1951, Henrietta went

In the book of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, explains that Henrietta Lack was born on August 1, 1920. She had 10 brothers and unfortunately her mother died when she was giving birth to her tenth child. The decision his father made was to return to Clover, Virginia with his family. Since he did not have the patience to raise children, he decided to divide the children with his family. Henrietta stayed with her grandfather. The house where Henrietta's grandfather lived is a home-house, it had four rooms, where once the slave’s quarters and inside of the house was cold. Another grandchild who lives with his grandfather was David Lack (Day). Henrietta and Day each day got up at four in the morning, to work in the plantation of tobacco, corn, peanuts and greens. Another of his tasks were milk the cows and feed chickens, hogs and horses. Unfortunately, Henrietta could not have a united family because her mother died. As we can see Henrietta attend only to six grade of school.

A dim star viewed at night may disappear when you look directly at it, but reappear when you look to one side of it.

Henrietta (Loretta) Pleasant, born in August of 1920 in Roanoke, VA, was an African American woman who was raised by her grandfather in a small cabin on a plantation. At the age of 14, she gave birth to her first child, a son, followed by a daughter four years later. She married the father of her children, her first cousin David Lacks, shortly thereafter. After having moved to Maryland for work, the couple had three other children. The last, Joseph, was born in November of 1950, and two months later, in January of 1951, Henrietta went to the hospital with abnormal bleeding. A malignant tumor of her cervix was discovered, and was treated with radiation therapy, which was

Henrietta Swan Leavitt was born July 4, 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts and died in 1921. Henrietta's parents were George Roswell and Henrietta swan I. George was a divinity doctor and a minister as well, which didn't keep them in one place very long. Henrietta was the first born of seven children, two of which passed away at very young ages. because of the fast pace of her father ministry they moved a lot. when Henrietta was 17 they moved to Ohio where she enrolled at Oberlin College for three years. One of those years she participated in a preparatory course and the other two she studied music. after the three years in Ohio they moved back home to Massachusetts this time to Cambridge. there, no matter how hard she tried she could not enroll

Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1,1920, as Loretta Pleasant in Roanoke, Virginia. Her mother, Eliza Lacks Pleasant, died giving birth to the tenth child when Henrietta was four years old. She then went to live her grandfather, Tommy Lacks, and cousin David Lacks, called Day, while her siblings were divided among the family. By the age of twenty, she married Day on August 10, 1941, and soon moved to Baltimore, where she spent the rest of her life with her husband and three kids. By January 29, 1951, Henrietta went to John Hopkins, built as charity hospital in 1889 and one of top hospitals in the country, to examine her cervix because she had a lump the size of a marble that was giving her pain. She secretly had this lump for over year and only told her closest girl friends. Before she was examined, the doctors suspected it to be a sore from syphilis, but was tested negative. The

Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas to Edwin and Amy Otis Earhart and would later have a younger sister named Grace Earhart. While growing up Amelia and Grace would move around continuously from place to place with their mother because of their alcoholic father who was a struggling lawyer who couldn’t find a job. Amelia would later attended Columbia University but would drop out due to lack of funds. Soon later after World War I began, Amelia went to visit her sister in

     Stars are a marvelous wonder to many people, that is why some people spend most of their lives wondering what is “above the world so high” (Gardner 98). These people study and map the little twinkling stars in order to get a better meaning of them; they are astronomers. Great astronomers like Edwin Hubble, Immanuel Kant, and William Huggins, never stopped valuing the beauty of the stars. While they developed great astronomical principals. One astronomer who fits this mold most is, Edwin Powell Hubble. Wondering about what was