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Ida Tarbell
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American journalist (1857-1944)
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Ida Tarbell was an American journalist, writer, biographer, and historian. Born in Erie County in 1857, she wrote in English and was associated with the feminist movement. Her notable works include The History of the Standard Oil Company, The Nationalizing of Business 1878-1898 (A History of American Life, Vol. IX), and The Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. 2. She contributed to publications such as McClure's Magazine, The American Magazine, and Popular Science.
Tarbell was educated at Allegheny College and the University of Paris. She received the National Women's Hall of Fame award. She died of pneumonia in Bridgeport in 1944 due to natural causes. She is buried in Titusville.
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- Born
- Ida Minerva Tarbell , ( 1857-11-05 ) November 5, 1857, Hatch Hollow, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- January 6, 1944 (1944-01-06) (aged 86), Bridgeport, Connecticut , U.S.
- Occupation
- Teacher writer journalist
- Notable works
- The History of the Standard Oil Company
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- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Erie County
- Place of death
- Bridgeport
- Occupation
- biographer
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The History of the Standard Oil Company
- Movement
- feminism
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- Ida Tarbell 1904.jpg
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- pneumonia
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- natural causes
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- The American Magazine
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- Popular Science
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Encyclopedic overview
Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism.
Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company. The book was first published as a series of articles in McClure's from 1902 to 1904. It has been called a "masterpiece of investigative journalism", by historian J. North Conway, as well as "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States" by historian Daniel Yergin. The work contributed to the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly and helped usher in the Hepburn Act of 1906, the Mann-Elkins Act, the creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914.
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