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Ida Tarbell was an American journalist and muckraker.

She's best known for her series on the Standard Oil Company, which exposed the company's unethical practices. Her work helped contribute to public awareness.

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Ida Tarbel originally got a degree in biology, wanting to be a scientist, nothing to do with journalism!

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Chronicles | Ida Tarbell: Part I | Season 3 | Episode 3

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Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer.

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Ida Tarbel was the only woman in her graduating class of 1880. At this time, it was not normal for women to receive higher education.

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Ida Tarbell: Women's History Month, Part 20

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The biggest way she fought for fairness in businesses was to do investigative journalism on John D. Rockfellar and his business Standard Oil Company.

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- Ida Tarbell used investigative journalism, to lead action against Standard Oil.                                                 - Her work has been a landmark example of "muckraking."                                                                      - Tarbell's reporting was a catalyst and it contributed majorly to the creation of the Federal Trade Commission.

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Tarbell's most famous work of investigative journalism or "muckraking" , was her expose of the oil industry. Her piece was specifically about John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. This expose took multiple years of investigation and was eventually published as a two-volume book after being run in McClure's Magazine through various installments.

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John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company refinery 

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Ida Tarbell got motivated to fight against big companies because she saw her dad lose his business to Standard Oil, got a good education, and worked as a journalist during a time when people were pushing for social reform.