Ida Tarbell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ida Tarbell
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Nov 5, 1857(1857-11-05)
Age	167
Date Of Death	1944-01-06
Birthplace	Amity
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Scorpio

Ida Tarbell Biography

Ida Tarbell is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on November 5, 1857 in Amity, Pennsylvania, United States. Her series of exposés on Standard Oil Standard Oil company led to the Supreme Court decision of breaking up the company.

The President President Theodore Roosevelt would later frown on her generation’s brand of investigative reporting known as muckraking. would later condemn her generation’s method of investigative reporting , also known as muckraking.

Her birthplace was to an oil family was among the derricks in the northwest of Pennsylvania and assisted her in trying to understand the Rockefellers and their business transactions.

Ida Tarbell Net Worth

Ida Tarbell is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ida Tarbell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

One of the few females of the Allegeny College graduating class, she brought her me-against the-world spirit for McClure’s magazine in which she began her investigation into the world of big business.

She dug up the vast volumes of Rockefeller business papers, news articles and court documents to discover the shady tactics they employed during their rise to power.

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Ida Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ida Tarbell celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.

What was Ida Tarbell best known for?

Ida Tarbell, in full Ida Minerva Tarbell, (born November 5, 1857, Erie county, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 6, 1944, Bridgeport, Connecticut), American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904).

Who was Ida Tarbell and what did she expose?

Tarbell Exposes The Standard Oil Company Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. Her study of Rockefeller’s practices as he built Standard Oil into one of the world’s largest business monopolies took many years to complete. McClure’s Magazine published it in 19 installments.

Why did Ida Tarbell expose Standard Oil?

Journalist Ida M. Tarbell brought the company’s shady dealings to light , and the federal government sued Standard Oil. The Supreme Court ordered Standard Oil’s breakup in 1911, but only after more narrowly defining illegal monopoly.

How did Ida Tarbell contribute to the progressive movement?

Ida Tarbell helped pioneer investigative journalism when she wrote a series of magazine articles about John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Trust. She and other jour- nalists, who were called “muckrakers,” aided Progressive Movement reform efforts.

How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly?

How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly? She wrote a series of articles exposing the corruption of Standard Oil.