Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business - And Won!

Born in 1857 and raised in oil country, Ida M. Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists and probably the most influential in her time. Her series of articles on the Standard Oil Trust, a complicated business empire run by John D. Rockefeller, revealed to readers the underhanded, even illegal practices that had led to Rockefeller's success. Rejecting the term "muckraker" to describe her profession, she went on to achieve remarkable prominence for a woman of her generation as a writer and shaper of public opinion. This biography offers an engrossing portrait of a trailblazer in a man's world who left her mark on the American consciousness. Notes, bibliography, index.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 07/08/2014
ISBN: 9780547290928
Pages: 288
Weight: 2.46lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.60w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 154
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 79
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2014 pg. 117
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2014 pg. 46
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 166975 / Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business--And Won!
Reading Level: 8.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 11