Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1850; daughter of Eliza and Thomas O’Flaherty. She had five siblings, but unfortunately her sister died in infancy and her brothers in their twenties ("Kate O'Flaherty Chopin"). Kate was the only child to live past twenty-five. Her father passed away due to a terrible train accident. In 1855 Kate was sent to a Catholic boarding school in St. Louis ("Kate O'Flaherty Chopin”). The nuns knew her for her intelligence, and she was top of her class. Chopin is considered among the most important women in the nineteenth-century (American fiction). She graduated from the catholic school in 1856 ("Kate O'Flaherty Chopin"). After graduating Kate continued to read extensively. Chopin soon married a Louisiana
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Sadly, within the year that Kate moved in her mother died, leaving her alone with her children again. In order to support herself and her family she began to write. She started to write about people she had known in Louisiana. “The Awakening” was inspired by a true story of a New Orleans woman who infamous in the French Quarter. In 1890 she published her first novel, “At Fault”, followed by two other collections of her short stories, “Bayou Folk” in 1894 and “A Night in Acadia” in 1897. She had a sensational career as a writer ("Kate Chopin"). The quest ended in a frustrated manner when she died of cerebral hemorrhage on August 22 1904 ("Kate Chopin")
“The Story of an Hour” was written in 1894 meaning it was set in the late nineteenth century taking place in the Mallard’s residence, home of Brantley and Louise Mallard. Back in the 1894 women didn’t have much of a role in society. The women’s right movement was taking place around this time, but nothing was certain. Women couldn’t vote nor own property. Although a little light of hope swerved in, in 1984 Josephine Henry, a dynamic speaker and powerful writer was able to pass the Woman’s property act in 1894 ("The Story of an
Sadly, within the year that Kate moved in her mother died, leaving her alone with her children again. In order to support herself and her family she began to write. She started to write about people she had known in Louisiana. “The Awakening” was inspired by a true story of a New Orleans woman who infamous in the French Quarter. In 1890 she published her first novel, “At Fault”, followed by two other collections of her short stories, “Bayou Folk” in 1894 and “A Night in Acadia” in 1897. She had a sensational career as a writer ("Kate Chopin"). The quest ended in a frustrated manner when she died of cerebral hemorrhage on August 22 1904 ("Kate Chopin")
“The Story of an Hour” was written in 1894 meaning it was set in the late nineteenth century taking place in the Mallard’s residence, home of Brantley and Louise Mallard. Back in the 1894 women didn’t have much of a role in society. The women’s right movement was taking place around this time, but nothing was certain. Women couldn’t vote nor own property. Although a little light of hope swerved in, in 1984 Josephine Henry, a dynamic speaker and powerful writer was able to pass the Woman’s property act in 1894 ("The Story of an