10 Significant Events

1. A pain feeling going through Henrietta's sexual parts. This was just the beginning of when Henrietta was later going to be used for a medical and scientific revolution.  
2. First Hospital visit. Determine that there was something unusual with Henrietta and that some more examining should take place. 
3. Signing contract to John Hopkins Hospital. Allowed for procedures to be taken on Henrietta, but little did she know that what the doctors found was actually being used for scientific research.  
4. The delivery of Henrietta's cells to Gey's lab. This was just the start of astonishing discover to be made about her and truly transform science and medical fields.  
5. Henrietta's blindness to the whole situation of her cells being evaluated. Made the whole purpose behind the book.    
6. Rebecca Skloot's first information on Henrietta. This once again made the book, because there was need for someone to dig up the past and she was the one to do it.                  
7. Henrietta's Death. Was the moment wen she passed on October 5, 1941 and was significant in the fact that this was in all retrospect the beginning of the end.     
8. The Hela Factory. This is actually chapter thirteen in which Henrietta's cells were now pronounced as HeLa and were a massive operation to help stop Polio led to many other discoveries down the road. 
9. The Headlines. This section of the book demonstrated the public awareness of the whole situation and a debate was taken whether if this was fair or not. 
10. Deborah's first chance to see her mothers cells. This part was touching and emotional as Deborah would now see and understand what really took place.