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Jan 6, 2022 · One result largely attributable to Tarbell’s work was the 1911 Supreme Court decision, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, that found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Court found that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly and ordered it broken into 34 separate companies.
Jul 5, 2012 · Franklin Tarbell warned Ida that Rockefeller and Standard Oil were capable of crushing her, just as they’d crushed her home town of Titusville. But his daughter was relentless.
- Gilbert King
Jul 17, 2023 · Because of Ida Tarbell’s investigative journalism, Standard Oil faced new scrutiny. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the company was violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, which banned monopolies.
Ida Tarbell (born November 5, 1857, Erie county, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died January 6, 1944, Bridgeport, Connecticut) was an American journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Public outcry erupted at the conclusion of Tarbell's 19-part exposure of Standard Oil published in McClure's, eventually resulting in the expedited breakup of Standard Oil in 1911.
- Ida Minerva. Tarbell
- 1904
Nov 27, 2016 · In her series, she condemned Standard Oil’s illegal practices. The rapidly changing economy in the late 1880s and the rise of monopolistic trusts was, wrote Ida, “disturbing and confusing people.”. Tarbell was obsessed with Rockefeller and convinced that Standard Oil was a great story.
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Tarbell’s study of Standard Oil excoriated Rockefeller and his company and helped spur new legislation and litigation to regulate interstate commerce and counter monopoly. In 1911, the United States Supreme Court broke up the Standard Oil Trust into more than thirty different independent companies.
