The pioneering muckraker challenged John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil. Her writings led to the company's breakup.
You’ve likely never heard of her.
They could hardly have been more temperamentally incompatible, but the Midwestern writer Willa Cather and the crusading editor S. S. McClure enjoyed a splendid working relationship for six years and a lifetime of mutual respect
When Ida Tarbell set out to probe the operations of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust, it seemed like David against Goliath all over again