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In 2024, journalist Elaine Welteroth saw the urgent need for safer birth options and launched BirthFUND to expand access to midwifery care for families.
As of 2026, birthFUND has raised over $3 million in total funding to help reduce maternal mortality rates by supporting vetted midwives and providing grants to expecting parents. The fund connects families with trusted birth workers and covers costs that often fall through the cracks in traditional systems.
"We know the statistics, we know that they're grim," Welteroth said. "What we're here to do is really change the stats into a call to action."
Through this work, Welteroth continues to build solutions that strengthen communities and create better outcomes for Black mothers and their babies.
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Robert A. Pelham Jr. was a U.S. Census Bureau employee and inventor who looked for ways to make the enormous amount of paperwork involved in processing census information faster and more efficient.
In 1905, he patented a pasting apparatus that applied adhesive to strips of paper, helping speed the assembly of census statistical slips. The U.S. Census Bureau says the invention saved the agency more than $3,000 and was adopted by the Bureau. His patent was U.S. Patent No. 807,685.
Pelham later developed a tallying machine in 1913, continuing his work to improve data processing.
But his contributions went beyond inventions. Pelham also helped author the 1918 report “Negro Population: 1790–1915,” an important historical statistical report documenting the Black population in the United States.
Thank you, Robert A. Pelham Jr!
SOURCES: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office—U.S. Patent No. 807,685, New York Public Library / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
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