Death and Legacy
Ida Tarbell died of pneumonia at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 6, 1944, after being in the hospital since December 1943. She was 86.
Tarbell's name has been well remembered in the decades after her death. In 1993, half a century after her deal, the Ida Tarbell House was declared a National Historic Landmark. This was followed in 2000 by Tarbell's induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
On September 14, 2002, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp honoring Tarbell as part of a series of four stamps honoring women journalists.
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