Ida Tarbell

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Ida Tarbell was a pioneering American investigative journalist and muckraker best known for her exposé of Standard Oil, which helped spur major Progressive Era reforms in business and government.

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instanceOf author ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
investigative journalist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
muckraker ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ⓘ
causeOfFame serialized investigation of Standard Oil in McClure's Magazine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1857-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-01-06 ⓘ
describedAs pioneering female investigative journalist ⓘ
educatedAt Allegheny College ⓘ
employer McClure's Magazine ⓘ
era Progressive Era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era
familyName Tarbell ⓘ
fieldOfWork biography ⓘ
business history ⓘ
investigative journalism ⓘ
fullName Ida Minerva Tarbell ⓘ
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gender female ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
givenName Ida ⓘ
influenced public opinion on monopolies in the United States ⓘ
knownFor exposé of the Standard Oil Company ⓘ
muckraking journalism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
movement Progressive Era ⓘ
notableAchievement helped spur antitrust action against Standard Oil ⓘ
notableWork All in the Day's Work ⓘ
Life of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
The Business of Being a Woman ⓘ
The History of the Standard Oil Company ⓘ
The Tariff in Our Times ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
Hatch Hollow, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
positionHeld editor at McClure's Magazine ⓘ
residence Easton, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
linked to: Easton, Connecticut

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
subjectOf The History of the Standard Oil Company (book about Standard Oil authored by her) ⓘ

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