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 turn out of 5 children and amazingly she was the besides one to live old age 25. In 1855 she took admission fee at The sanctified core Academy in St. Louis where she excelled in studies and won medals. In the said(prenominal) course of study at the eld of 5 her father passed aside when he was killed on a train in which he was riding that crossed ein truthwhere a bridge that collapsed. For the abutting two years she lived at home with her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, all of them widow womans. after her fathers death, Chopin veritable a penny-pinching relationship with her great-grandmother who first introduced her to the dry land of storytelling. In 1863 Kates great- grandmother dies 3 old age before Christmas and months later Kates half-brother, George OFlaherty, a Confederate soldier, dies of typhoid fever. Kate go along to go to school and developed a good academic record in which she canvas both French and slope literature and became an accomplished pianist. She be numerous social events and became very 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 unitedly and got familiar with the Louisiana culture. However, Kates compass point of married happiness did not last for long. After well-favored birth to six children at the age of 28, Kate became a widow in 1883 when her husband Oscar died of deluge fever. Kate didnt suffer from money issues due to her once successful husban ds wealth. In 1884, she then moved second to St. Louis with her mother, but Sad...