1857-1944

Explores the role of Ida Tarbell and other journalists called "muckrackers" whose work exposed corruption and scandals, and discusses how their work impacted the future of investigative journalism. Includes a timeline, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Biography of Ida Minerva Tarbell, arguably one of the first journalists to regularly write exposes and through them exposed the shady business practices of businessman John D. Rockefeller.

Follows the life of Ida Tarbell, from her childhood among the oil fields of western Pennsylvania through her career as a biographer and investigative journalist.

A study from newly available letters and interviews of the life of Ida Tarbell, whose book on the Standard Oil Company was a contributing factor in the decision by the Supreme Court to disband that monopoly.

A biography of an American author/journalist whose exposure of dishonesty in the huge Standard Oil Company was instrumental in its destruction as a trust, giving small oil companies a chance to compete.

A biography of the woman who pioneered a new style of journalism in exposing the malpractices of the oil industry at the turn of the century.

A biography of the woman who pioneered a new style of journalism in exposing the malpractices of the oil industry at the turn of the century.