Henrietta Wasn't Immortal
from When Women Walked Hosted by History Queen | Madison Givens
Henrietta Lacks changed modern medicine, but she was never asked. In this episode of When Women Walked, I tell the story of the woman behind HeLa — the mother, the daughter, the Black woman whose cells helped develop the polio vaccine, advanced cancer research, contributed to HIV treatment, and were used in COVID research. We hold both truths: scientific breakthrough and medical exploitation. Henrietta was not immortal. Her cells were. And remembering her correctly means saying her name.
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