Ida Tarbell
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Media, Journalism, Journalists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Women’s History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American History 1878-1900
Article abstract: Ida Tarbell became a prominent leader in American magazine journalism in a period when women were almost entirely absent from the field.
Early Life
Ida Minerva Tarbell was born on her grandfather’s farm in western Pennsylvania four years before the Civil War began. Her father, Franklin Sumner Tarbell, had earlier struck out for Iowa and its richer farming prospects; he would not see his daughter until she was eighteen months old. Ida’s mother, Esther McCullough Tarbell, was a descendant of Massachusetts pioneers and had taught...
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