Ida M. Tarbell

During the time from the 1890s to the 1920s a period of social and political reform took place in the United States known as the Progressive Era. “The era saw the expansion of political and economic freedom through the reinvigoration of the moment for woman suffrage, the use of political power to expand workers rights’ and efforts to improve democratic government by weakening the power of the city bosses and giving ordinary citizens more influence on legislation.” The progressive reformers from this

one of the inspiring Muckrakers awakening the public to the inequalities of the nation. Ida Tarbell was a teacher, an author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of her day, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism." She was the only women in her graduating class at Allegheny College in 1880. She published many influential articles in McClure's Magazine. Ida Tarbell was born into an oil-rich region where her life was negatively impacted by 1872 price-fixing

Progressivism is defined as an early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people to restore economic opportunities and to correct injustices in American life. During this time period, certain aspects of American life were in need of drastic change, so progressives led the charge towards reforming American society and politics. Among these aspects, social and political conditions were some of the most heavily reformed, involving women’s rights, and corruption

The progressive era was not the first reform America faced, but it is perhaps one of, if the most important. It was a time that stretched roughly from 1890 to 1920. It was a time of “progress”. A time where the American people wanted to make America a better country. The people wanted to do away with political corruption; they wanted to fix all problems, especially those economic, social, and political. Progressivism was considered to be an “umbrella”. Under this “umbrella” fell labor issues, unsafe

Muckrakers were journalists, novelists, professors, and public intellectuals who voiced their Progressive ideas, brought exposure to the living conditions of American workers and political corruption present throughout the era. Their name of muckraker was given by President Roosevelt in a speech depicting them as people who were interested in only raking the filth with a muckrake in their hands. He supported their exposure of issues but no in the way in which they did them which he often saw as irresponsible

Muckrakers were investigative journalists who uncovered corruption and mistreatment by the developing big money organizations and politicians. In regards to public relations, the emphasis was placed on the unwanted publicity of corporations and politicians controlled by well-known robber barons. Those corporations reaction to the muckrakers lead to increased public relations in the early 1900’s. These muckrakers presented a newly evolving mass media, consisting of newspapers and magazines, which

From illegal consumers to legal producers of community. Community TV in Colombia 1997-2007. Big satellite dishes cover the roofs of several community centers in city neighborhoods and towns in Colombia. Their visibility is a monument of a moment in history in which these devices accelerated the access to international media contents, years before the privatization of television distribution in the country. Images, ideas and practices that surrounded the introduction of these devices lead to a range

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, if you could please find your seats. Before I start I would just like to say thank you all for gathering here today to celebrate the life of Ida Tarbell, I am Alexis Carnell one of Idas close friends. We worked beside Abraham Lincoln for three years together. We traveled, laughed and had become very close over those short three years. Our friendship lasts till this day, she was my best friend. Looking back, I wish we would've met sooner, she was the type of person

man with a "Muck-rake in his hand" who raked filth rather than look up to nobler things” (Muckrakers 758). The first person to write a journal was Lincoln Steffens. In 1902, he wrote an article in McClure’s magazine called “Tweed Days in St. Louis.” Ida

Mitchell Hollis 5/28/15 Honors D Term Paper Final During the latter half of the nineteenth century, following the immense development in technology known as the Industrial Revolution, the company known as Standard Oil Co. Inc., and its head, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., grew to become, arguably, the most powerful symbol of capitalism in the United States of America. At the top of the nation’s industrial hierarchy was the mysterious, controversial figure held in contempt by millions