Impotant People of 1876-1912

By Greg Middendorf

  • Ida Tarbell School

    Ida Tarbell attended Allegheny College. The class had 40 "hostile or indifferent" males. Tarbell published 19 articles on her findings on standard oil in the McClure`s.

  • Ray Stannard Baker

    Ray Stannard Baker toured the nation examining the plight of African Americans. He wrote The Shame Of The Cities. The book was published in 1908.

  • Edith Wharton

    Edith Warton wrote about how the closedmindedness of elite society leads a good-hearted heroine to social isolation and despair. Edith Wharton wrote The House of Mirth. The book was published in 1905.

  • Herbert Croly

    Herbert Croly argued that the government should use its regulatory and taxation powers to promote the welfare of all its citizens. Herbert Croly wrote The Promise of American Life. In 1909 the book was published.

  • Theodore Dreiser

    Theodore Dresier depicted workers brutalized by greedy business owners in The Financier. Theodore Dreiser wrote the Sister Carrie. The book was published in 1912.