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Ida Tarbell: A Muckraking Investigator
Ida Tarbell was a woman who had a whole bunch of ambition. She achieved a lot of accomplishments in her life. She didn’t let anything get in her way. Ida Tarbell was a strong willed woman who revealed the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company, created a new type of journalism, and became famous for doing something she loved. She was one of the most important magazine writers of the 20th century. Ida Tarbell was born on November 5th, 1857 to an oil producer. She was born in the oil rich region of northwestern Pennsylvania. Tarbell attended Titusville High School and graduated in 1875. She later enrolled at Allegheny College where she wanted to major in biology, a field where women were not welcome (“Ida Tarbell Biography”, n.d.). Tarbell graduated in 1880 as the only woman in her class, and took a job as a teacher in Poland, Ohio. After only two years of teaching, Tarbell resigned, and realized that she wanted to pursue writing instead. …show more content…
Tarbell met Dr. Thomas Flood, and he asked her to work for his magazine, The Chautauquan. (Piascik, n.d.). Dr. Flood was planning on retiring, and he wanted to train someone to take over. He thought that Tarbell would be a great candidate (Piascik, n.d.). She ended up working for the magazine as an editor, and writer for six years. Getting herself a taste of writing, it became her passion (Piascik, n.d.).
Ida headed to France in 1890 to do some research. She had written some articles about the women of the French movement, and wanted to do some research. Ida wanted to do specific research over Madame Marie-Jeanne Roland because she was going to write a biography about her. While in Paris, Tarbell had to support herself by writing articles about the Parisian Life
Ida Tarbell: A Muckraking Investigator
Ida Tarbell was a woman who had a whole bunch of ambition. She achieved a lot of accomplishments in her life. She didn’t let anything get in her way. Ida Tarbell was a strong willed woman who revealed the monopoly of the Standard Oil Company, created a new type of journalism, and became famous for doing something she loved. She was one of the most important magazine writers of the 20th century. Ida Tarbell was born on November 5th, 1857 to an oil producer. She was born in the oil rich region of northwestern Pennsylvania. Tarbell attended Titusville High School and graduated in 1875. She later enrolled at Allegheny College where she wanted to major in biology, a field where women were not welcome (“Ida Tarbell Biography”, n.d.). Tarbell graduated in 1880 as the only woman in her class, and took a job as a teacher in Poland, Ohio. After only two years of teaching, Tarbell resigned, and realized that she wanted to pursue writing instead. …show more content…
Tarbell met Dr. Thomas Flood, and he asked her to work for his magazine, The Chautauquan. (Piascik, n.d.). Dr. Flood was planning on retiring, and he wanted to train someone to take over. He thought that Tarbell would be a great candidate (Piascik, n.d.). She ended up working for the magazine as an editor, and writer for six years. Getting herself a taste of writing, it became her passion (Piascik, n.d.).
Ida headed to France in 1890 to do some research. She had written some articles about the women of the French movement, and wanted to do some research. Ida wanted to do specific research over Madame Marie-Jeanne Roland because she was going to write a biography about her. While in Paris, Tarbell had to support herself by writing articles about the Parisian Life