The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.

She grew up in the western region of the state where new oil fields were developed in the 1860s. They had little interest in balanced findings. Rogers wily and normally guarded in matters related to business and finance may have been under the impression her work was to be complimentary.

She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies. She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company which was listed as No.