It is worth remembering that the journalist who pioneered investigative reporting at the turn of the 20 th century grew up wanting to be a scientist. Born in Western Pennsylvania in 1857, Ida Tarbell ...

S.S. McClure feared being held back by his 'cursed mediocre versatility.” Ida Tarbell resolved to be free; it followed, in her mind, that she 'must be a spinster.” McClure channeled his versatility ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Paula Treckel introduces Ida Tarbell and what influenced her to take on writing about exposing the Standard Oil Company. Historian Paula ...

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon has acquired the 2015 Black List biopic script Ida Tarbell by Mark McDevitt for producer Tom Drumm of Think Tank Management & Production to produce. The Irish writer McDevitt moved ...

ALL IN THE DAY’S WORK—Ida M. Tarbell—Macmillan ($3.50). Few contemporary periodicals have had such an exciting career as McClure’s Magazine. It launched the muckraking movement, first printed O. Henry ...

TITUSVILLE — The house on East Main Street is known as the childhood home of Ida Tarbell, a famous "muckraker" who pioneered investigative journalism. However, it was also home to painter Sarah ...

In this article The Fluidsdoc takes advantage of a rainy day and allows his mind to ramble onto seldom trod philosophical pathways. A trip back to the early part of the 20th Century proves instructive ...

Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2005 with 56 to follow. Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the ...