Project Gutenberg on Nostr: American writer & journalist Ida Tarbell was born #OTD in 1857. She is best known for ...
American writer & journalist Ida Tarbell was born #OTD in 1857.
She 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 from 1902 to 1904. 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, and the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Ida Tarbell at PG:
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She 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 from 1902 to 1904. 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, and the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Ida Tarbell at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4022
#books