Rockefeller, maps, graphs, table In 1906, not long after her rise to fame, Tarbell purchased a home in Easton, Connecticut. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Uncle Tom’s Cabin Begins Serialization – Today in History: June 5, Video – Mary Townsend Seymour Tribute Film, The Rose King of America Transformed Cromwell’s Landscape, When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake, Elihu Burritt Dies – Today in History: March 6, An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1965-Now. Ida M. Tarbell: Exposing Standard Oil The rise of corporate trusts and monopolies in the Progressive Era spurred Congress to legislate regulations on business practices. Although the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 outlawed monopolies such as Standard Oil’s, this law was rarely invoked at Tarbell’s time because it was unclear what defined a trust under the law. Science was a field largely closed to women, however, and she instead pursued teaching, a profession deemed more suitable for a woman. Originally published as a series of articles in *McClure's* magazine, this groundbreaking work highlighted the dangers of business monopolies and contributed to the eventual breakup of Standard Oil. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. It is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history. 1 Ida M. Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904), excerpts. Franklin Tarbell warned Ida that Rockefeller and Standard Oil were capable of crushing her, just as they’d crushed her home town of Titusville. The Court found that Standard was an illegal monopoly and ordered it broken into 34 separate companies. This item: The History of the Standard Oil Company: All Volumes by Ida Tarbell Paperback $14.99. Spurred on by Tarbell’s work, the public turned their concerns into action by demanding that the government limit the rights of trusts. If the well was a dry, a rickety derrick, piles of debris, and oily holes were left, for nobody ever cleaned up in those days.”, Standard Oil’s technically illegal actions and monopoly of the oil industry and the flawed transit system were immediate targets of public anger. Her work was a sensation, finally published in a two-volume book titled The History of the Standard Oil Company, published in 1904. Ida Tarbell: Standard Oil. Complete our simple inquiry form to receive more information or register for our next event. The first such law, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, met its greatest test in … Meanwhile, the sudden demand for Pennsylvania oil as a cheap illuminant sent thousands rushing to find fortunes in the derricks. She accepted and ended up working at the Chautauquan as a writer and editor for six years. Tarbell never wrote the biography of Roland but she did write biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte and Abraham Lincoln—published shortly after her return to the United States in 1894. 1933) * Ida M. Tarbell, “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” McClure’s Magazine, 1902-1904 Tarbell meticulously documented the aggressive techniques Standard Oil employed to outmaneuver and, where necessary, roll over whoever got in its way. It was only a rumour and many people discredited it. Details. The Standard Oil Company was created in 1870, since then the company eliminated other competitions and by 1880 they owned 95% of all oil produced in the United States. What Kansas Did to the Standard Oil Company McClure’s Magazine/October, 1905 What the Day’s Work Means to Me Bookman/March, 1916 A Little Look at the People Supreme Court, 1911 John D. Rockefeller Ida M. Tarbell John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, 1909 (pub. IdaTarbell, ca. She also wrote biographies of Abraham Lincoln. Tarbell exposed the company’s business tactics, shining light on it’s ethics and lack of consideration … She became the first person to take on Standard Oil. The centerfold of Puck magazine, February 21, 1906, “The Crusaders” by C. Hassman. The history of the Standard Oil Company by Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944. Publication date 1904 Topics Standard Oil Company Publisher New York : McClure, Phillips Collection kellylibrary; toronto Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor Kelly - University of Toronto Language English. See more ideas about Ida tarbell, Standard oil, Oil company. Muckraking journalism emerged at the end of the 19th century largely in response to the excesses of the Gilded Age, and Ida Tarbell was one of the most famous of the muckrakers. Selected Ida Tarbell Quotations • Sacredness of human life! Ida Tarbell is best known for the two-volume work, originally nineteen articles for McClure's, on John D. Rockefeller and his oil interests, titled "The History of the Standard Oil Company" and published in 1904. Once Standard Oil had seized control of Cleveland refining, Rockefeller formed a national Refiners’ Association increasing the scale of his operations to coerce producers into selling to him at the prices he chose. Originally serialized in nineteen parts in McClure's magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust laws in the 19th century) attempted to gain m… Arbitrary geological processes had placed great quantities of crude oil beneath the hills of northwestern Pennsylvania. Kansas and the Standard Oil Company: Part I. She lectured widely and continued writing for important publications of the time, like the American Magazine, of which she was also co-editor. From: THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY. In response, a Producer’s Association formed to protect the interests of Pennsylvania producers by attacking rampant overproduction that dramatically reduced the price of their product. One publication spearheading these exposés was McClures Magazine, and Ida Tarbell was the writer whose dramatic revelations eventually lead to effective regulation of the Standard Oil Company. During her time, many women did not have many social or political rights. She also accepted an offer from McClure to work for his new venture, McClure’s Magazine, where she undertook her most famous work, her expose of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. But … B000IDD1VE xx, 406, xiv, 409 pp. She supported herself by writing articles about Parisian life for Scribner’s Magazine and other American publications, including several owned by Samuel McClure. She wrote … Her study of Rockefeller’s practices as he built Standard Oil into one of the world’s largest business monopolies took many years to complete. He is also the author of two books. Tar and oil stained everything. Excerpt from The History of the Standard Oil Company. She began her work on The Standard after her editors at McClure's Magazine called for a story on one of the trusts. Her work was a sensation and the installments became a two-volume book entitled, The History of the Standard Oil Company, published in 1904. Ida Tarbell, in full Ida Minerva Tarbell, (born November 5, 1857, Erie county, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 6, 1944, Bridgeport, Connecticut), American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904). 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