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29 de dic. de 2022 · Ida Tarbell. 1905. Library of Congress. By the early 1900s,John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had finished building his oil empire. For over 30 years, he had applied his uncanny shrewdness, ...
In a 12-part series, journalist Ida Tarbell took on one of the most powerful men in the country, John D. Rockefeller. Her work incited the breakup of a major monopoly, and set a new standard in ...
6 de ene. de 2022 · Ida Tarbell was one of the most famous muckrakers. Born in 1857 in a log cabin in Hatch Hollow, Pennsylvania, Tarbell’s first dream was to be a scientist. She studied biology at Allegheny College but science as a professional field was largely closed to women in the late 19th century.
27 de nov. de 2016 · Ida Tarbell, 1857 – 1944. She was the only woman to graduate in 1880 from Allegheny College. Her dogged pursuit for facts and fairness was the hallmark of her writing career. Frank Tarbell’s struggles against the advancements of Standard Oil influenced Ms. Tarbell’s interest in the Standard Oil trust. Between 1902 and 1904, Tarbell wrote ...
19 de mar. de 2021 · Ida M. Tarbell’s name would become synonymous with the term muckraker after publication of her 19-part expose of the business practices of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company that had destroyed her father’s oil business, as well as many other small oil related companies in Pennsylvania’s oil region in the 1870s.
29 de ago. de 2021 · «U na mujer descarriada«, así la calificó John D. Rockefeller cuando le preguntaron por Ida Tarbell. Cuando Rockefeller diseñó su estrategia para tomar por asalto la industria del petróleo, «esa mujer» tenía 15 años. Se llamaba Ida Minerva Tarbell y había nacido en la misma región que el flamante negocio.
18 de abr. de 2024 · Ida Tarbell. 1905. Library of Congress. By the early 1900s,John D. Rockefeller, Sr. had finished building his oil empire. For over 30 years, he had applied his uncanny shrewdness, ...
