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
surface form: Progressive Era in the United States
familyName Tarbell
fieldOfWork biography
business history
investigative journalism
fullName Ida Tarbell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ida Minerva Tarbell
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
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln
surface form: 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
surface form: Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States

Hatch Hollow, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld editor at McClure's Magazine
residence Easton, Connecticut
surface form: Easton, Connecticut, United States

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

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Progressive Era significantFigure Ida Tarbell
Standard Oil subjectOf Ida Tarbell
this entity surface form: Ida Tarbell's exposé "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
Ida Tarbell fullName Ida Tarbell self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ida Minerva Tarbell
McClure's Magazine editor Ida Tarbell
this entity surface form: Ida M. Tarbell
McClure's Magazine hasContributor Ida Tarbell
this entity surface form: Ida M. Tarbell