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Elizabeth Carr was born 42 years ago. She has written a book about her life and discusses new federal legislation on IVF procedures with GBH's Henry Santoro.

Lessons in Chemistry synopsis: Set in the early 1960s, “Lessons in Chemistry” follows Elizabeth Zott, whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a society deeming that women belong in the domestic sphere, not the professional one. When Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and fired from her lab, she musters the ingenuity only a single mother has. She accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives – and the men who are sudde...