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By Vicki Matranga, Design Programs Coordinator Woman with Broom Sweeps into Housewares Industry Leadership Like many new home and housewares companies emerging today, Bissell, Inc. started with a problem—and the creative collaboration of an ingenious husband-and-wife team. In the 1870s, Anna and Melville Bissell owned a crockery shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ceramic…