[Illustration: _ALL IN THE DAY’S WORK_] [Illustration] THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO DALLAS · ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MADRAS · MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED TORONTO [Illustration: _Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston_ _At 70_ ] ALL IN THE DAY’S WORK An Autobiography BY IDA M. TARBELL [Illustration] NEW YORK _The Macmillan Company_ 1939 _Copyright, 1939, by_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. All rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. FIRST PRINTING. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AMERICAN BOOK—STRATFORD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK TO SARAH A. TARBELL My Sister and My Loyal Friend ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1. MY START IN LIFE 1 2. I DECIDE TO BE A BIOLOGIST 19 3. A COEDUCATIONAL COLLEGE OF THE EIGHTIES 37 4. A START AND A RETREAT 49 5. A FRESH START—A SECOND RETREAT 64 6. I FALL IN LOVE 89 7. A FIRST BOOK—ON NOTHING CERTAIN A YEAR 124 8. THE NAPOLEON MOVEMENT OF THE NINETIES 147 9. GOOD-BYE TO FRANCE 161 10. REDISCOVERING MY COUNTRY 179 11. A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY SEEKS MY ACQUAINTANCE 202 12. MUCKRAKER OR HISTORIAN? 231 13. OFF WITH THE OLD—ON WITH THE NEW 254 14. THE GOLDEN RULE IN INDUSTRY 280 15. A NEW PROFESSION 301 16. WOMEN AND WAR 319