Ida Tarbell

(noun)

A leading muckraker best known for her 1904 book exposing the corrupt practices of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.

Related Terms

Examples of Ida Tarbell in the following topics:

  • Social Justice

    • Ida Tarbell, for instance, exposed the activities of the Standard Oil Company through various articles.

  • The Muckrakers

    • Ray Stannard Baker, George Creel and Brand Whitlock were active at the state and local level, while Lincoln Steffens exposed political corruption in many large cities; Ida Tarbell went after Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.
    • Ida M.
    • Ida B.
    • Tarbell or the seasoned journalist and editor Lincoln Steffens.
    • Ida Tarbell published The Rise of the Standard Oil Company in 1902, providing insight into the manipulation of trusts.

  • The Progressive Era

    • Ida M.
    • Tarbell wrote a series of articles against Standard Oil, which was perceived to be a monopoly.
    • Attacks by Tarbell and others helped pave the way for public acceptance of the breakup of the company by the Supreme Court in 1911.

  • Elements of Reform

    • Ray Stannard Baker, George Creel and Brand Whitlock were active at the state and local level, while Lincoln Steffens exposed political corruption in many large cities; Ida Tarbell went after Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company.

  • Ida B. Wells

    • Ida B.
    • Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, newspaper editor, and with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L.
    • Ida B.

  • The World Bank

    • The World Bank differs from the World Bank Group, in that the World Bank comprises only two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), whereas the former incorporates these two in addition to three more: International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
    • The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has 188 member countries, while the International Development Association (IDA) has 172 members.Each member state of IBRD should be also a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and only members of IBRD are allowed to join other institutions within the Bank (such as IDA).
    • Forty-five countries pledged $25.1 billion in "aid for the world's poorest countries," aid that goes to the World Bank International Development Association (IDA) which distributes the loans to 80 poorer countries.

  • Washington and DuBois

    • Ida B.
    • Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an African American journalist, newspaper editor and, with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L.
    • Ida B.

  • Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)

    • EDA is different from initial data analysis (IDA), which focuses more narrowly on checking assumptions required for model fitting and hypothesis testing, handling missing values, and making transformations of variables as needed.
    • EDA encompasses IDA.

  • Social Criticism

    • Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862–March 25, 1931) was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, and (along with her husband, newspaper owner Ferdinand L.

  • Indonesian Painting

    • Some examples of Indonesian painters during this period are the Balinese Ida Bagus Made and the realist Basuki Abdullah.