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1. Tarbell, Ida Tarbell, Ida M. Tarbell, Ida Minerva Tarbellnoun

   United States writer remembered for her muckraking investigations into industries in the early 20th century (1857-1944)

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1. Ida Tarbell

   Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. Born in Pennsylvania at the onset of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book, The History of the Standard Oil Company. The book was published as a series of articles in McClure's Magazine from 1902 to 1904. This one masterpiece of investigative journalism would bring about the dissolution of Standard Oil as a monopoly and lead to the Clayton Antitrust Act. Her book would also lead to the Hepburn Act in 1906 to oversee the railroads, the 1910 Mann-Elkins Act which gave the Interstate Commerce Commission power over oil rates, and the creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1914.Tarbell also wrote several biographies over the course of her career which spanned 64 years. She wrote biographies on Madame Roland and Napoleon Bonaparte. Tarbell believed that "the Truth and motivations of powerful human beings could be discovered. That Truth, she became convinced, could be conveyed in such a way as to precipitate meaningful social change." She wrote numerous books and works on Abraham Lincoln including ones that focused on his early life and career. After her expose on Standard Oil she wrote biographies on businessmen Elbert H. Gary, chairman of U. S. Steel as well as Owen D. Young, president of General Electric. A prolific writer and lecturer, Tarbell was known for taking complex subjects—the oil industry, tariffs, labor practices—and breaking them down into informative and easy to understand articles. Her articles drove circulation at McClure’s Magazine and the American Magazine and many of her books were popular with the general American public. After a successful career as both writer and editor for McClure’s Magazine, Tarbell left with several other editors to buy and publish the American Magazine.Tarbell also traveled to all then 48 states on the lecture circuit and spoke on subjects including the evils of war, world peace, American politics, trusts, tariffs, labor practices, and women’s issues. Tarbell took part in professional organizations and served on two Presidential committees. Tarbell helped form the Authors’ League (now the Author’s Guild) and was President of the Pen and Brush Club for 30 years. During World War I, she served on the President Woodrow Wilson’s Women’s Committee on the Council of National Defense. After the war, she served on President Warren G. Harding’s 1921 Unemployment Conference. Tarbell, who never married, was a feminist by her actions but maintained views on women’s suffrage which were controversial and may have tarnished her overall legacy.

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1. ida tarbell

   Ida Tarbell was an American journalist, writer, and pioneer in the field of investigative journalism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is best known for her book "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which exposed the monopolistic practices of John D. Rockefeller and played a key role in breaking up his oil empire. Tarbell is often regarded as one of the leading figures in the muckraking movement in American journalism, which aimed to expose social and political injustices.

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