About this book
In this autobiography, written when the author was 82 years old, Ida Tarbell looks back at her life and remarkable career as an investigative journalist. Ms. Tarbell is best known for her 1904 work, "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which was a significant factor in the dissolution of the Standard Oil monopoly. She was a noted writer and lecturer, served on two presidential committees, and is considered by her actions to be an important feminist (although she was critical of the feminist movement). - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi
Chapters (24)
1Chapter 1: My Start in Life
2Chapter 2: I Decide to be a Biologist
3Chapter 3: A Coeducational College of the Eighties
4Chapter 4: A Start and a Retreat
5Chapter 5: A Fresh Start - A Second Retreat
6Chapter 6: I Fall in Love, Part 1
7Chapter 6: I Fall in Love, Part 2
8Chapter 7: A First Book - On Nothing Certain a Year
9Chapter 8: The Napoleon Movement of the Nineties
10Chapter 9: Good-Bye to France
11Chapter 10: Rediscovering My Country
12Chapter 11: A Captain of Industry Seeks My Acquaintance, Part 1
13Chapter 11: A Captain of Industry Seeks My Acquaintance, Part 2
14Chapter 12: Muckraker or Historian?
15Chapter 13: Off With the Old - On With the New, Part 1
16Chapter 13: Off With the Old - On With the New, Part 2
17Chapter 14: The Golden Rule in Industry
18Chapter 15: A New Profession
19Chapter 16: Women and War
20Chapter 17: After the Armistice
21Chapter 18: Gambling with Security. Part 1
22Chapter 18: Gambling with Security, Part 2
23Chapter 19: Looking Over the Country
24Chapter 20: Nothing New Under the Sun
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