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Classics

The History of the Standard Oil Company

By Ida M. Tarbell

Public Domain

1904

The Jungle

By Upton Sinclair

Public Domain

26 February 1906

The Philosophy of Fichte in Its Relation to Pragmatism

By Ellen Bliss Talbot

Public Domain

1907

The Shame of the Cities

By Lincoln Steffens

Public Domain

1904

Ten Days in a Mad-House

By Nellie Bly

Public Domain

1887

A Voice from the South

By a Black Woman of the South

By Anna J. Cooper

Public Domain

1892

Woman and the Ballot

By Alice B. Tweedy

Public Domain

June 1896

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

By S. Margaret Fuller

Public Domain

1845

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Ida M. Tarbell

Ida M. Tarbell (1857–1944) “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.” She “is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company.” (Source: Wikipedia.)

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a renowned African-American writer and social reformer. He escaped from slavery as a young man, wrote a bestselling autobiography and was a figurehead of the U.S. abolitionist movements.

Lincoln Steffens

Joseph Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936) was an American investigative journalist. He was one of the leaders of the muckraking writers of the Progressive Era in the early 20th century. (Source: Wikipedia)

S. Margaret Fuller

Sarah Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), an American journalist and womenʼs rights advocate, was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism. (Source: Wikipedia)

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) was an American Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, muckraker, and political activist. He was famous for his 1906 muckraking novel, The Jungle.

Nellie Bly

Elizabeth Jane Cochrane (1864–1922) was an American journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Nellie Bly. She feigned insanity in order to write an exposé about a mental institution. (Source: Wikisource).

Alice B. Tweedy

Alice Belcher Tweedy (1850–1934) was an American journalist who wrote about feminism and science. “Her work paved the way for future women in journalism.” (Source: Wikipedia)

William Wells Brown

William Wells Brown (1814–1884) was an African-American abolition orator and writer. Brown’s autobiography detailed his escape from slavery. He also authored novels, plays, a travel book, and non-fiction works, including a history of Black soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.

Anna J. Cooper

“Anna Julia Cooper (née Haywood; 1858–1964) was an American author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, Black feminist leader, and one of the most prominent African-American scholars in United States history.” (Source: Wikipedia)

Ellen Bliss Talbot

Ellen Bliss Talbot (1867–1968) “was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, chairing the department of philosophy and psychology for 32 years. She is considered one of the first professional academic women philosophers.” (Source: Wikipedia)