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 ...

OWEN D. YOUNG—Ida M. Tarbell— Macmillan ($3). Biographer Ida Minerva Tarbell’s concern with business ethics dates from way back yonder, when oil was discovered in her native Pennsylvania hills. Her ...

TITUSVILLE — An award-winning author will discuss journalist Ida Tarbell's opposition to women's suffrage during a lecture in Titusville on Tuesday. The lecture, "Tarbell on the Couch: What Was Her ...

Investigative journalist Ida Tarbell was born on November 5, 1857. She is best remembered for her 19-part McClure’s Magazine series, that began in 1902, about corruption at the Standard Oil Company.

Ida M. (for Minerva) Tarbell never forgot what John D. Rockefeller did to her father’s dream. She was 14 years old in 1872 when Rockefeller came to Cleveland and offered the owners of local oil ...