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Ida Tarbell

Muckraking journalists like Ida Tarbell used their reporting skills to expose exploitation.

Ida Tarbell - Biography of Ida Tarbell

A biography of Ida Tarbell, muckraking journalist who exposed the workings of the Standard Oil Company. She also wrote biographies of Abraham Lincoln, among her many other writings.

Ida M. Tarbell, 86, Dies in Bridgeport

Obituary from The New York Times, January 17, 1944.

Ida Tarbell

Biography in honor of Ida Tarbell's induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.

Tarbell: The History of the Standard Oil Company

An electronic version of Ida Tarbell's book about the Standard Oil company.

Tarbell: The History of the Standard Oil Company

Chapter 18, the conclusion, of Ida Tarbell's expose of Standard Oil Corporation.

Women Journalists Honored on Stamps

From the U.S. Postal Service, information on a 2002 stamp honoring Ida Tarbell including a brief biographical sketch of Tarbell.

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