The Origins of Birth Registration – It’s not what you think.

  The Sheppard-Towner Mater­nity Act was “for the pro­mo­tion, the wel­fare and hygiene of mater­nity and infancy and for other pur­poses,” It was passed with a vote of 63 to 7, and by the house with a vote of 279 to 39, and was finally signed by the pres­i­dent andit gets bet­ter. Read on…

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