Women in the Works of Kate Chopin

Katherine OFlaherty better known as Kate Chopin, was an American feminist writer 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 out(a) of 5 children and amazingly she was the precisely one to live past times age 25. In 1855 she took memory access at The consecrated fondness Academy in St. Louis where she excelled in studies and won medals. In the uniform category at the long time of 5 her father passed outside(a) when he was killed on a train in which he was riding that crossed oer a bridge that collapsed. For the succeeding(prenominal) two years she lived at home with her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, all of them widow womans. after(prenominal) her fathers death, Chopin develop a fill up relationship with her great-grandmother who first introduced her to the beingness of storytelling. In 1863 Kates great-grandmother dies 3 days before Christmas and months later Kates half-brother, George OFlaherty, a Confederate soldier, dies of typhoid fever. Kate continue to go to school and developed a good academician record in which she analyse both French and position literature and became an accomplished pianist. She be numerous social events and became rattling popular. She also became interested in the movement for womens suffrage although she never 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 together and got familiar with the Louisiana culture. However, Kates degree of married happiness did non last for long. After vainglorious birth to six children at the age of 28, Kate became a widow in 1883 when her husband Oscar died of flood fever. Kate didnt suffer from money issues repayable to her on ce successful husbands wealth. In 1884, she then moved cover to St. Louis with her mother, but Sad...