Ida Tarbell
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Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20
Portrait in 1904
A Pennsylvania oil field in 1862
Ruter Hall, Allegheny College
Ida Minerva Tarbell, 1890
Muckraker
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Muckrakers were reform-minded journalists, writers, and photographers in the Progressive Era in the United States who claimed to expose corruption and wrongdoing in established institutions, often thr
Ida Tarbell
…Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism. Born in Pennsylvania at…
McClure's (cover, January 1901) published many early muckraker articles.
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