Emily Bissell
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Emily Perkins Bissell was an American social worker and activist, best remembered for introducing Christmas Seals to the United States.
Bissell in 1907
In 1980 the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in honor of Emily Bissell
American Lung Association
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The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy, and research.
Emily Bissell
…the fight against TB. Though the idea failed at first, Bissell was able to gain enough publicity from a Philadelphia newspaper to make $3,000 for the National Tuberculosis Association, ten times the amount she originally hoped to get. People were intrigued by the idea of Christmas seals, and the following year, Howard Pyle, a notable…
In 1919 several hundred Philadelphia school children form a living TB double cross, the logo at the time of the National Tuberculosis Association.
An American Lung Association booth at a local 5k race in Kansas City