She’s literally the first among equals.
At first glance, Elizabeth Carr appears to be an average, 44-year-old East Coaster. But unbeknownst to most, she’s made an indelible mark on US history as the nation’s first baby born via IVF.
“I really feel like a big older sister to a lot of children around the world,” Carr, a public relations rep and advocate, based in Boston, told Britannica. “I was born on December 28, 1981…the process of in-vitro fertilization had never been done in the United States before.”
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