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	Bissell, Emily P. - Delawarean
		Described as a kind, gentle, truly understanding woman and humanitarian, Emily Bissell was born into a prominent Wilmington, Delaware family.
		Emily Bissell's strong concern for the welfare of all people, especially women, led her to become a strong opponent of woman suffrage.
		Emily Bissell devoted the rest of her life to the anti-tuberculosis movement.
	www.russpickett.com /history/bissbio.htm (398 words)

	Emily Bissell
		Emily Bissell (1861-1948) was an American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas seals to the United States.
		Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she made a name for herself at a young age as the founder of that city's first public kindergarten and for her efforts to introduce child labor laws in that state.
		Though the idea failed at first, Bissell was able to gain enough publicity from a Philadelphia newspaper to make $3,000, ten times the amount she originally hoped to get.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emily_Bissell.html (268 words)

	Emily Bissell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emily P. Bissell (1861-1948) was an American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States.
		Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she made a name for herself at a young age as the founder of that city's first public kindergarten and for her efforts to introduce child labor laws in that state.
		Though the idea failed at first, Bissell was able to gain enough publicity from a Philadelphia newspaper to make $3,000, ten times the amount she originally hoped to get.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emily_Bissell (294 words)

	The Story of Christmas Seals
		With Emily Bissell leading the national campaign and an army of ALA volunteers across the country promoting Christmas Seals®; in cities, towns and villages, Emily's great idea became a cherished American tradition.
		Emily Bissell had been quick to seize upon the instant publicity a celebrity or major political figure engendered.
		Emily Bissell would be proud to see that her idea is still funding the crusade that saved and will continue saving millions of more lives.
	www.kylung.org /sealstoday.html (2129 words)

	ChristmasSeals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Emily was anxious to help, but convincing others to contribute wasn't going to be easy.
		Emily started her own one-woman campaign to publicize the seals and how donating to them would help fight the battle against TB.
		Emily approached the Sunday editor, who listened to her politely but was shocked at the thought of linking Christmas with disease.
	www.oklung.org /christmas_seals/ChristmasSeals.htm (1367 words)

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		Bissell, Emily Perkins (31 May 1861-8 Mar. 1948) volunteer social worker and author, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Champion Aristarcus Bissell, a lawyer and banker, and Josephine Wales.
		Bissell's commitment to social work was sparked by a Sunday school trip to see urban poverty firsthand when she was fifteen years old.
		Bissell secured permission from the American Red Cross, of which she was an active member, to use its name and, with a small sum of borrowed money, she sketched a design and had Christmas stamps printed locally, which volunteers sold in the vestibule of the Wilmington post office in 1907.
	www.libarts.ucok.edu /history/faculty/roberson/course/1493/supplements/chp21/Emily%20Perkins.htm (947 words)

	Emily Bissell — FactMonster.com
		Born into a prosperous family, Bissell became a social worker in 1876.
		Copying a similar effort in Denmark, Bissell designed a seal depicting a holly wreath and saying “Merry Christmas,” which would be sold at Christmas to raise money for the hospital.
		For the rest of her life, Bissell was a leading proponent of Christmas Seals.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0900110.html (157 words)

	Alfred Bissell (Connecticut #924)
		Jerijah Bissell II (1751-1835), was born in 1793 in Wapping, Connecticut, died January 1870, Polk County, Arkansas (cause: "disease of the lungs"), and was buried at Bissell Chapel Cemetery, New Hope, Arkansas.
		On the one hand, while Bissell family records nowhere refer to Alfred as having John for his first name, Hoskins family records do; the date and source of the Hoskins records is not clear, however, so we can't presently judge their validity.
		Furthermore, the John Bissell of the Illinois bounty lands is known to be John Bissell V, born in Rutland, Vermont in 1800, entering the army from that state when he was about 14 and fighting in a group centered at Sackett's Harbor, New York.
	members.aol.com /BissellGenealogy/Connecticut924Alfred.html (3008 words)

	American Lung Association
		Emily was anxious to help, but convincing others to contribute wasn't going to be easy.
		Emily started her own one-woman campaign to publicize the seals and how donating to them would help fight the battle against TB.
		Emily approached the Sunday editor, who listened to her politely but was shocked at the thought of linking Christmas with disease.
	www.christmasseals.org /history_00.html (1382 words)

	Giving to the American Lung Association
		The Emily Bissell Heritage Society is a special recognition society that was created to honor those supporters who have made a commitment to the future of the American Lung Association by including the organization in their Wills.
		Emily Bissell, the creator of the first Christmas Seal, worked tirelessly to raise funds to put an end to Tuberculosis.
		Emily Bissell said, "Though we take things as we find them, we can always leave them better." Our legacy to the future is the most important contribution we can make in our lifetime.
	www.louisianalung.org /donate.shtml (393 words)

	Search LungUSA - American Lung Association site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Joseph Wales, one of the doctors serving the hospital thought his cousin Emily Bissell might be able to raise some much needed money.
		Emily started her own one-woman campaign to publicize the seals and how donating money to the cause for them would help fight the battle against TB.
		The American Lung Association salutes Emily Bissell and millions of women like her across the country.
	www.lungusa.org /site/apps/s/content.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=34706&ct=67398 (525 words)

	Emily Tennyson Hallam Alfred Tennyson Lincolnshire August 10 July 9 John Franklin Horncastle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Emily Tennyson (July 9, 1813 - August 10, 1896) was the wife of the poet, Alfred Tennyson, and a creative talent in her own right.
		Her mother, who died when Emily was three, was a member of the Franklin family, sister of Sir John Franklin, an explorer, and Sir Willingham Franklin.
		Emily first met Alfred Tennyson during childhood, but they did not become close until much later (when Alfred's brother, Charles, married Emily's younger sister, Louisa), and did not marry until 1850.
	en.powerwissen.com /Vo0jeZx32NvSdEZyQvJ6OQ%3D%3D_Emily_Tennyson.html (271 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dickinson, Emily -> Works While Dickinson wrote love poetry that indicates a strong attachment, it has proved impossible to know the object of her feelings, or even how much was fed by her poetic imagination.
		A friend of Emily Dickinson, she edited and deciphered much of the Dickinson material in Poems (with T. Higginson, Ser.
		Emily Dickinson was born and lived there all her life.
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=Emily+Bissell&rc=10&fh=8&fr=11 (510 words)

	alaw.org · support alaw · christmas seals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Emily went to Philadelphia to appeal to the staff of a large daily newspaper.
		Me sister's got it." At that moment Emily Bissell realized that the word truly had spread, that people knew TB could be beaten, and that even the smallest contributions could someday add up to amounts large enough to crush TB.
		With Emily Bissell leading the national campaign and an army of ALA volunteers across the country promoting Christmas Seals in cities, town, and villages, Emily's great idea became a cherished American tradition.
	www.alaw.org /support_alaw/christmas_seals (835 words)

	HHS/OIG, Audit -"Review of Nursing Facility Staffing Requirements at Emily P. Bissell ...
		The objective of this review was to determine whether Emily P. Bissell Hospital was in compliance with Federal and State staffing laws and regulations for nursing homes.
		We recommend that Bissell restrict the employees whose drug tests and background checks are not complete from working directly with the residents until the results are received and found to be in compliance with State requirements.
		We also recommended that Bissell review and strengthen its internal controls to assure that it (1) completes the required drug tests and background checks on all new direct care employees, and (2) prohibits employees from working directly with residents if their drug test results are not received within the required timeframes.
	oig.hhs.gov /oas/reports/region3/30300223.htm (201 words)

	Story of Christmas Seals: ALAV
		Bissell was an active member of the American Red Cross with considerable experience in fund-raising.
		Her mission was to raise the $300 necessary to keep Brandywine Sanatorium in operation through the winter.
		Bissell got the idea for a sale of Christmas Seals from an article written by a Danish-American journalist and social worker named Jacob Riis.
	www.med.virginia.edu /hs-library/historical/ALAV/xseals.html (299 words)

	The Story of Christmas Seals
		Emily Bissell buying the first Christmas Seal sold in the United States.
		Emily Bissell, now president of the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society, again went to work.
		In later years-throughout the 1920s and l930s and well into the l940s-Emily Bissell continued to be ac-tive as a leader of the Christmas Seal Campaign®.
	www.kylung.org /christmas.html (1761 words)

	Bissell 3106A Featherweight Lightweight Vacuum: Kitchen-Hills.com
		A remarkably lightweight cleaning unit, the Featherweight stick vacuum from Bissell offers dual functionality in one slim little machine.
		Suitable for bare floors, draperies, upholstery, and low-pile carpets, the Featherweight converts easily from a floor vacuum to a hand vacuum and includes a crevice tool for tight corners.
		It comes with an ergonomically designed grip, and Bissell includes a limited one-year warranty.
	bissell.kitchen-hills.com /Bissell-3106A-Featherweight-Lightweight-Vacuum-B00008NRU0.htm (381 words)

	Historical Soceity of Delaware - Emily P. Bissell, AntiSuffragist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Emily Bissell illustrates the paradox of the anti-suffrage position.
		Miss Bissell became a national leader of the anti-suffrage cause.
		The Christmas seals that are still used every year are the descendants of Emily Bissell's efforts nearly ninety years ago.
	www.hsd.org /Women_AntiSuffragist_Bissell.htm (238 words)

	Bissell Little Green Proheat Turbobrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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		George Bissell 1: '''George Bissell ''' was the father of the American oil industry] 5:, on a farm in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
		Bissell invested heavily in the surrounding region and en
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/49508-bissell%20little%20green%20proheat%20turbobrush.html (654 words)

	Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 375
		Isaac Bissell, son of Thomas Bissell and Abigail Moore, on 2 May 1706 at Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Elizabeth Osborn died on 15 June 1761 at Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT, at age 76.
		She married Benjamin Bissell, son of Zebulon Bissell and Abigail Smith, on 21 February 1779.
		Emily Phelps King was the daughter of Roderick King and Sally Newberry.
	www.holcombegenealogy.com /data/p375.htm (1096 words)

	HHS/OIG, Audit -"Review of Nursing Facility Staffing Requirements at Emily P. Bissell ...
		The objective of this review was to determine whether Emily P. Bissell Hospital was in compliance with Federal and State staffing laws and regulations for nursing homes.
		We recommend that Bissell restrict the employees whose drug tests and background checks are not complete from working directly with the residents until the results are received and found to be in compliance with State requirements.
		We also recommended that Bissell review and strengthen its internal controls to assure that it (1) completes the required drug tests and background checks on all new direct care employees, and (2) prohibits employees from working directly with residents if their drug test results are not received within the required timeframes.
	www.oig.hhs.gov /oas/reports/region3/30300223.htm (201 words)

	Emily Bissell — Infoplease.com
		Born into a prosperous family, Bissell became a social worker in 1876.
		Copying a similar effort in Denmark, Bissell designed a seal depicting a holly wreath and saying “Merry Christmas,” which would be sold at Christmas to raise money for the hospital.
		For the rest of her life, Bissell was a leading proponent of Christmas Seals.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0900110.html (206 words)

	Lung Health Tip by Gina Menz
		At that moment, Emily Bissell knew that the campaign, her brainchild, would succeed.
		Bissell thought it was an idea that should be tried in America.
		She designed the first stamp herself, sketching a half-wreath of ivy leaves framing a red cross and a “Merry Christmas” greeting, borrowing $40 from friends, then arranging with a charity-minded local businessman to print 50,000 Seals on credit.
	www.goerie.com /lunghealth/December_2005.htm (613 words)

	The history of Tuberculosis and Christmas Seals
		Bissell was an experienced fund-raiser for the American Red Cross.
		She worked for the Red Cross, so the picture was a red cross in the middle of a half of a wreath of holly.
		Below the wreath, she wrote the words, "Merry Christmas." Bissell was successful in convincing the national headquarters of the American Red Cross to allow her to use its red symbol, and thus, the Christmas Seal was born in the United States.
	wiwi.essortment.com /historytubercul_rlro.htm (536 words)

	Emily Perkins Bissell Collection 29
		Emily Perkins Bissell (1861-1948), a social welfare worker and antisuffragist, is best remembered for introducing Christmas seals to the
		The Bissell memorabilia includes a story published in "The Youth's Companion" (6 December 1906) written by Emily Bissell under her pen name of Priscilla Leonard; copies of John Baer's
		Seals presented to Miss Bissell, 1907-1934; the seals are attached to gold foil, through which is threaded red ribbon.
	findingaid.winterthur.org /html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0029.htm (526 words)

	A Meeting of Innovators
		Six months after Charles Linbergh flew across the Atlantic Ocean; he came to Delaware and met Emily Bissell.
		Emily was the originator of Christmas Seals that are sold to raise money for tuberculosis.
		Bissell used the funds to purchase a farm that became a hospital for tuberculosis patients.
	www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/100/airlandandsea/A%20Meeting%20of%20Innovators.shtml (155 words)

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		Henry Bissell, the person of main interest to the Bissell researchers we've been in contact with, was married twice.
		David Bissell was born February 4, 1763 in North Kingston, Rhode Island and married on March 10, 1785 to Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin West.
		Aldridge Bissell (1788-1859) was born in Rhode Island and died in Yates County, New York, in the town of Milo.
	members.aol.com /BissellGenealogy/BHAMI1.html (5958 words)

	Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Emily Bissell designed the first Christmas Seal for the American Red Cross and was the originator of the first drive in the United States to fight tuberculosis.
		As a contributor to popular magazines she was familiar with an article about Denmark's pioneer Christmas Seal drive written by the popular journalist Jacob Riis.
		Bissell adopted the idea and organized her own campaign in Delaware.
	www.redcross.org /museum/tour/page_1.html (251 words)

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