Tough Tarbell Trivia

[Rob Wick]

Steve,

Yours is an excellent guess, but incorrect. Thanks for introducing me to someone I was unfamiliar with before this.

One note. Tarbell, like several other American Progressives, saw in Mussolini a positive figure who used the power of the state to improve the life of his people. While I can't say that Tarbell completely lost her admiration for the pre-war Mussolini, I think her eyes were opened to the dangers of fascism with the rise of Hitler, which is, in my opinion, why she declined to interview him.

The best study of this phenomenon is John Patrick Diggins Mussolini and Fascism: The View From America.

Best
Rob