Women in the Works of Kate Chopin

Katherine OFlaherty better known as Kate Chopin, was an American feminist author that wrote short stories and novels. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Kate was the daughter of doubting Thomas OFlaherty, a successful businessman and Eliza Farias. She was the third daughter come out of 5 children and amazingly she was the hardly one to live erstwhile(prenominal) age 25. In 1855 she took entree at The taboo sum total Academy in St. Louis where she excelled in studies and won medals. In the analogous course of instruction at the shape up of 5 her father passed away(predicate) when he was killed on a train in which he was riding that crossed over a bridge that collapsed. For the coterminous two years she lived at home with her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, all of them leaves. aft(prenominal) her fathers death, Chopin essential a about relationship with her great-grandmother who first introduced her to the military personnel of storytelli ng. In 1863 Kates great-grandmother dies 3 eld before Christmas and months later Kates half-brother, George OFlaherty, a Confederate soldier, dies of typhoid fever. Kate move to go to school and developed a good schoolman record in which she examine both French and incline literature and became an accomplished pianist. She attend numerous social events and became genuinely popular. She also became interested in the movement for womens suffrage although she neer became very politically active. In 1868 Kate graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart. In 1870, 19 year old Kate married Oscar Chopin, a twenty-five-year-old French-Creole businessman. Kate and Oscar were very happy unneurotic and got familiar with the Louisiana culture. However, Kates menses of married happiness did not last for long. After big(p) birth to six children at the age of 28, Kate became a widow in 1883 when her husband Oscar died of overwhelm fever. Kate didnt suffer from money issues collectib le to her once successful husbands wealth. In 1884, she then moved subscribe to St. Louis with her mother, but Sad...