Ida+Tarbell

Ida Minerva Tarbell was born on November 5, 1857, in Hatch Hallow, Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Tarbell was an American Teacher, author, and an investigative journalist. In 1904, Tarbell wrote //The History of the Standard Oil Company,// which made her the first person to take on standard oil. It took her 4 years to do the research on the oil industry. By interviewing the companies and spying she started an investigative series which later turned into the book.

Quote from book:

"Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, by ruthless ... efficiency of organization."

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