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Who: Ida Tarbell What: declared by Teddy Roosevelt, a ''Muckraker,'' and a writer and journalist who brought the dastardly ways oil industry to light. Was a co-worker to Lincoln Steffens. When: 1857-1944 Where: New York,; Pennsylvania Why: Her father was forced out of business by John D. Rockefeller's Southern Improvement Company, a predecessor to Standard Oil.
Who: Lincoln Steffens What: A journalist who was declared a ''Muckraker'' who specialized on political corruption and shame from it. When: 1866-1936 Where: New York Why: He was passionate about government and political corruption, and letting it be widely known and seen.
The Muckraker Ball
''Each person is a link, weak or strong, in an endless chain.''
Who: Upton Sinclair What: Also a declared ''Muckraker,'' Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and contrubuted to the muckraking with his novel, ''The Jungle.'' When: 1878 - 1968 Where: Chicago Why: His book, ''The Jungle'' dealt with conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing an uproar at the truly gross and dangerous conditions workers were forced to work among. This partly contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act in 1906.
