One of the reasons that this person and Tarbell got along so well was because of his view of women in the historical field. In a speech, he once said "[It's the] province of woman to vitalize history by clothing the dry bones of dead facts, of dry text books with flesh and color. Thus will history become a living thing, as fresh and beautiful as Venus springing from the foam of the sea."
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Rob
Mike, just saw your guess after I posted. Vincent isn't the answer, but he and Tarbell were definitely friends.
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.