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Ida M. Tarbell
Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5, 1857January 6, 1944) was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. Born in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the oil boom, Tarbell is best known for her 1904 book ''The History of the Standard Oil Company.'' The book was published as a series of articles in ''McClure's Magazine'' from 1902 to 1904. It has been called a "masterpiece of investigative journalism", by historian J. North Conway, as well as "the single most influential book on business ever published in the United States" by historian Daniel Yergin. The work contributed to the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly and helped usher in the Hepburn Act of 1906, the Mann-Elkins Act, the creation of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act. Tarbell also wrote several biographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Amity Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 983 at the 2020 census, down from 1,073 at the 2010 census. There are no longer any Borough (Pennsylvania), boroughs or Pennsylvania village, villages in the township, after the disappearance of Arbuckle and Hatch Hollow. The latter was the birthplace of famed muckraker Ida M. Tarbell, who was born in her grandfather's log cabin in Hatch Hollow in 1857. Geography Amity Township is in southeastern Erie County. According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.55%, is water. French Creek (Allegheny River), French Creek flows through the township, impounded by Union City Dam in neighboring Waterford Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Waterford Township. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,140 people, 387 households, and 315 families residing in the township. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
