Ida Tarbell
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- It’s okay, we will figure everything out.
- I am so sorry father about your company, this isn’t fair!
- I will expose Rockefeller and ruin his reputation…
- I trust you with these documents, don’t let me down
- In 1872, Standard Oil Company had acquired its rival, Ohio Refinery 22/26, within six weeks. Ida Tarbell was only 14 at the time when she experienced the impact first hand. The 1872 Cleveland massacre caused permanent damage to her father's oil company which devastated him.
- You’re endangering yourself Ida, I’m nervous your actions will backfire.
- I will be careful, I promise.
- As an adult, Ida has become a successful writer for McClure magazines. She chose that her next published book was about how Rockefeller made an unfair deal with a railroad company to create a monopoly with Standard Oil Trust.
- EXPOSING ROCKEFELLER FOR HIS UN-HONEST BUSINESS PRACTICES
- The History of the Standard Oil Company
- Ida was able to access key internal documents by interviewing influential Standard Oil executive, Henry H. Rogers. He didn’t know she was planning to open her company, and he trusted her because she was sent by his friend, Mark Twain.
- Standard Oil violated the Sherman Antimonopoly Act!
- Ida risked herself by attacking great trust. Even getting warned because of her actions, her father, Franklin Tarbell was nervous for Ida. However, in 1902 she began publishing her articles in the journal.
- Ida's 19-part book, The History of the Standard Oil Company, exposed Rockefeller's corrupt business practices to the public, causing a commotion and ultimately leading to the break-up of the trust. She was not only considered a heroine but a pioneer in research journalism and Muckraker as well.
- 19 parts and more
- In 1911, the Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil violated the Sherman Antimonopoly Act. Today, for brave girls like Ida, many journalists undertake to reveal confidential and confidential documents to inform the public about the wrongdoing of large corporations.
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