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Also Known As Ida Minerva Tarbell
Born November 5, 1857 • Pennsylvania
Died January 6, 1944 (aged 86) • Bridgeport • Connecticut
Notable Works “The History of the Standard Oil Company”
Subjects Of Study Standard Oil

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Ida M. Tarbell seated at a desk with books and flowers, looking toward the camera, surrounded by shelves filled with books.
Title page of The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida M. Tarbell, 1905 edition, with publisher's orange emblem and text listing author and publisher details.
Cover of The American Magazine, February 1909, featuring an illustration of Abraham Lincoln speaking with two men, with the headline reading Father Abraham by Ida M. Tarbell.
Portrait of Ida M. Tarbell from 1904, showing her facing forward with an elaborate high-collared dress and neatly styled hair.
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