Susan J. Pearson

Susan J. Pearson is an associate professor of history at Northwestern University and the author of The Birth Certificate: An American History.

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Oklahoma’s Ban on Nonbinary Birth Certificates Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Ahistorical.

The information recorded on birth certificates has fluctuated throughout U.S. history in response to changing social values.
- Susan J. Pearson
- May 6, 2022