As per our current Database, Ida Tarbell has been died on Jan 6, 1944 (age 86).
When Ida Tarbell die, Ida Tarbell was 86 years old.
| Popular As | Ida Tarbell |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | November 5, 1857 (Amity, PA) |
| Birthday | November 5 |
| Town/City | Amity, PA |
| Nationality | PA |
Ida Tarbell’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Ida Tarbell was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Her series of exposés on the Standard Oil company led to the Supreme Court decision of breaking up the company.
One of the only women in her Allegeny College graduating class, she took on a me-against-the-world spirit to McClure's magazine, where she started investigating big Business.
She dug into volumes of Rockefeller Business records, news reports and court testimony to uncover the unfair methods they used in their ascent.
Her birth to an oil family among the derricks of North West Pennsylvania and helped her to make sense of the Rockefellers' Business dealings.
President Theodore Roosevelt would later frown on her generation's brand of investigative reporting known as muckraking.
