Ida Tarbell
Journalist, Author
1857 – 1944
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Who was Ida Tarbell?
Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era. She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies. She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company, which was listed as No. 5 in a 1999 list by New York University of the top 100 works of 20th-century American journalism. She depicted John D. Rockefeller as crabbed, miserly, money-grabbing, and viciously effective at monopolizing the oil trade.
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- Born
- Nov 5, 1857
Amity Township - Also known as
- Ida Minerva Tarbell
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Allegheny College
- Died
- Jan 6, 1944
Bridgeport
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on July 23, 2013
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