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Ida Tarbell: Part II

Season 3 Episode 4 | 27m 51s

Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer, and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers and reformers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and was a pioneer of investigative journalism.

Aired: 01/29/25
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