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A short while later, president theodore roosevelt used. In the book, the history of the standard oil company she exposed the illegal means used by john d. The woman who took on the tycoon history smithsonian magazine. In this first definitive biography of ida tarbell, kathleen brady has written a readable and widely acclaimed book about one of americas great journalists. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. She was born november 5, 1857 in erie pennsylvania. Daughter of an early oil entrepreneur, ida and her parents decided she should receive a solid education. Ida minerva tarbell ida minerva tarbell biography poem. Ida minerva, 18571944 an online book about this author is available, as is a wikipedia article tarbell, ida m. The history of the standard oil company published by mcclure, phillips and co. Her father, frank tarbell, spent years building oil storage tanks but began to prosper. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is thought to have pioneered investigative journalism. Lydia maria francis child born lydia maria francis february 11, 1802 october 20, 1880, was an american abolitionist, womens rights activist, native american rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of american expansionism her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. She was the only woman in her graduating class at allegheny college in 1880.
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As the muckraking journalist of mcclures magazine who helped focus national attention on the trust problem in the first decade of the twentieth century, ida m. Ida tarbell brought down, singlehandedly, the first megacorporation. The woman that wrote an article and a book exposing the evils of the standard oil company is ida tarbell. The women who opposed the first movement for womens rights in this country might deplore the laws that gave a man the power to beat his wifebut as a matter of fact few men did beat their wives, and popular opinion was a powerful weapon. She was also an outstanding biographer of abraham lincoln ida tarbell was born on nov. It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives, gold and land, defended ideas, imposed religions.
Rockerfeller had turned his oil business into an all powerful monopoly. The history of the standard oil company by ida tarbell. Rockefeller and his standard oil company, ida tarbell set the bar impossibly high. Social welfare history project tarbell, ida minerva. Jan 06, 2020 her work was a sensation and the installments became a twovolume book entitled, the history of the standard oil company, published in 1904. Millets painting depicts a stooping peasant with a brutish expression on his face, who in markhams poem becomes the embodiment of the suffering of oppressed labor throughout world history. Excerpts from the nineteen installments published by mcclures magazine. Her 1904 novel, the history of the standard oil company led to the dissolution of the company as a monopoly and inspired the clayton antitrust act. A biographical study unknown binding january 1, 1909 by ida m tarbell author. Ida minerva tarbell poems poems of ida minerva tarbell.
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Between 1902 and 1904, mcclures published nineteen installments of tarbells detailed account of the history of standard oil. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is. Once internationally famous as the author of the poem the man with the hoe, markham was a popular american literary figure during the first half of the twentieth century whose works espoused progressive social and spiritual beliefs. Part of her was surprised to be going to europe, an extravagant trip just to pitch a magazine story. Here is a look at some of the best ida minerva tarbell quotes ever recorded. Ida tarbell brought down, singlehandedly, the first. Ida tarbell was a muckraker, which was a person who searched for and exposed scandals and corruption. Daniel yergin who was an oil historian, called idas book the most important business book ever written. Ida tarbell american journalist born on november 05, 1857, died on january 06, 1944 ida minerva tarbell was an american teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading muckrakers of the. See all books authored by ida minerva tarbell, including the history of the standard oil company, and the history of the standard oil company. Macmillan, 1939 page images at hathitrust tarbell, ida m.
This excerpt is taken from pages 168178 of the original work, which was originally published in mcclures magazine. Jan, 2017 ida tarbell was an american author, teacher, and journalist. When her history of the standard oil company was published, first in mcclures magazine and then as a book 1904, it shook the rockefeller interests, caused national outrage, and led the supreme court to fragment the. Ida minerva tarbell books list of books by author ida. Some of them were collected in her history of the standard oil company 1904. These two factors come together in the life of ida m.
The object of this little volume is to call attention to a certain distrust, which the author feels in the modern woman, of the significance and dignity of the work laid upon her by nature and by society. North conway, as well as the single most influential book on. Tarbell meticulously documented the aggressive techniques standard oil employed to outmaneuver and, where necessary, roll over whoever got in its way. Washington addressing black labor opportunities, and the. Mcclure was there, shut in a swiss clinic, and this story could not wait. She is best known for her 1904 book, the history of the standard oil company, which was listed as no. Titled the man with the hoe, the poem was based on the painting of the same name by the french artist jeanfrancois millet in 1862. Jul 05, 2012 ida minerva tarbell was born in 1857, in a log cabin in hatch hollow, in western pennsylvanias oil region. Tarbell is forever linked with the reforming spirit of the progressive era. Ida minerva tarbell has 124 books on goodreads with 1882 ratings. Her mothers dreams for the baby daughter were expressed in the names she chose. Tarbell was a teacher and journalist who was born in erie county, pennsylvania on november. Born in pennsylvania at the onset of the oil boom, tarbell is best known for her 1904 book, the history of the standard.
Rejecting the traditional roles available to women, she embarked on a career as a journalist and writer. Her series of articles on the standard oil trust, a complicated business empire run by john d. By any description, ida tarbell was one of the most powerful women of her time in the united states. Pioneering investigative journalism during the progressive era, tarbell is most known for her notable magazine series and biographies written on those such as president abraham lincoln. Book by ida tarbell originally serialized in nineteen parts in mcclures magazine, 1904. Ida tarbells generation called her a muckraker the term was theodore roosevelts, and he didnt intend it as a compliment, but in our time she would have been known as an investigative reporter, with the celebrity of. Apr 11, 2017 the mother of all muckrakers knew how to take on men like trump. A sound working imagination inspires a healthy contempt for copybook lives. A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily. Feb 20, 2020 ida tarbell, a leading muckraking journalist at the turn of the 20th century, spent a decade and a half writing for mcclures magazine. Poem hunter all poems of by ida minerva tarbell poems.
Sometimes known as a muckraker shes one of the finest journalists of our times. Ida minerva tarbell november 5, 1857 january 6, 1944 was an american teacher, author and journalist. Ida tarbell helped pioneer investigative journalism when she wrote a series of. The only woman of the original muckrackers, and the first woman on staff at mcclures magazine, ida tarbell continues to be viewed as one of americas most important women and journalists in this frank and informative autobiography, the veteran investigative journalist ida m.
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