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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 · Ida Tarbell’s Life Following The Exposé Of Standard Oil Company. 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
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.
Mar 19, 2021 · In 1911, the U.S Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered the company broken up into so-called baby Standards. Today, the remnants of the once mighty Standard Oil are still visible in the form of Chevron and ExxonMobile.
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The new century found him facing his most formidable rival ever -- not another businessman, but a 45-year-old woman determined to prove that Standard Oil had never played fair.