Ida Tarbell
Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) 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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Books/Sources
- Ida Tarbell: Portrait of a Muckraker - Kathleen Brady
- Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business--and Won! - Emily Arnold McCully
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