IDA TARBELL 1857 1944 JOURNALIST TARBELL IDA 1857 1944 COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AMERICAN CULTURE IDA TARBELL WAS BORN IN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA IN 1876 SHE WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE FEMALE STUDENTS TO ENTER ALLEGHENY COLLEGE SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN 1880 AFTER TWO YEARS OF TEACHING AT THE POLAND UNION SEMINARY IN OHIO TARBELL RETURNED TO PENNSYLVANIA TO JOIN THE STAFF OF THE CHAUTAUQUAN MAGAZINE IN 1891 TARBELL TRAVELED TO PARIS AND CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES TO THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE MCCLURE'S TO MEET HER TRAVELING EXPENSES IN 1894 SHE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND JOINED THE STAFF OF MCCLURE'S SHE BEGAN PUBLISHING A SERIES OF ARTICLES THAT WERE EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF STANDARD OIL THE ARTICLES WERE PUBLISHED IN 1904 AS THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY A BOOK THAT HELPED ESTABLISH TARBELL'S JOURNALISTIC REPUTATION THE APPEARANCE OF THIS BOOK COINCIDED WITH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE JOURNALISM MOVEMENT KNOWN AS MUCKRAKING IN WHICH WRITERS EXPOSED CORRUPTION IN MANY AREAS OF AMERICAN LIFE IN 1906 TARBELL BECAME PART OWNER OF AMERICAN MAGAZINE AFTER THE SALE OF THE MAGAZINE IN 1915 SHE BECAME A LECTURER SPEAKING ABOUT ISSUES SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT THE VERSAILLES TREATY AND THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AT THE AGE OF 82 TARBELL PUBLISHED HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK SHE DIED IN BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT
