Kate Chopin and How the Feminist Movement Inspired Her Writings Kate Chopin was an American author who wrote novels as well as short stories. Her work was extraordinary and some of her greatest work was based on the feminist movement. Kate Chopin became known throughout the world as one of the most influential writers during the feminist movement. She has attracted great attention from scholars along with students, and her work has been translated into many different languages. Kate Chopin was born February 8, 1851 in St. Louis. Her father was an Irish merchant and her mother was the daughter of an old French family. Chopin’s early fluency was with French and English, and her roots in two different cultures were important throughout her life. In 1855 Kate’s father Thomas O’Flaherty was killed in a train wreck which left her mother heart broken and Kate was left being raised in a female household by her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her grandmother had a huge impact on Kate life and taught her female views on life such as love, dreams, imagination, and storytelling to capture a world not yet experienced (Jones, Michelle L. Dictionary). Growing up as a child Kate began her education at Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school devoted to creating good wives and mothers, while also teaching independent thinking. While at Sacred Heart Academy she began to read books such as John Bunyan’s “The Pilgrim’s Progress” (Marlowe, Jean G). She also read old-fashioned romances and contemporary popular novels by women. In 1861 when the Civil war began Kate was greatly affected by the violence and stayed home where she began to write in her book called the Common Place Book. The book was her first assignment given to her by a nun... ... middle of paper ... ... desires. Works Cited Jones, Michelle L. "Kate Chopin." Dictionary Of World Biography: The 19Th Century (2000): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 14 May 2014. Jones, Michelle L. "Kate Chopin." Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia (2013): Research Starters. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. Kohn, Robert E. "The Issue Of Antisemitism In Kate Chopin's The Awakening." Journal Of Modern Jewish Studies 11.2 (2012): 265-274. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 May 2014. Long, Robert Emmet. "Kate Chopin." Critical Survey Of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-7. Literary Reference Center. Web. 14 May 2014. Marlowe, Jean G. "The Pilgrim’S Progress." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-4. Literary Reference Center. Web. 14 May 2014. Toth, Emily. Unveiling Kate Chopin/Emily Toth. n.p.: Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, c1999, 1999. RamCat. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
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Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1851, into a wealthy Catholic family in St. Louis Missouri. As a little girl, her father died a few years later in 1855 and was raised at home with her other sisters and mother, strong willed and prominent women who believed in self sufficiency. Soon, on June 9, 1870, Chopin married a man named Oscar. She graduated from St. Louis convent school. In the meanwhile, Kate was soon busy by the occupations of a being a mother and wife to the prestigious business man, Oscar whom she married. Throughout this escapade of life, Kate was forced to relocate often due to her husband’s change of business. Although, it was difficult to build upon these circumstances, Kate managed a small farm and plantation farm to keep things running. Even through these circumstances, Kate pulled through only to discover that all these locals would soon be her inspirations and se...
Wyatt, Neal "Biography of Kate Chopin" English 384: Women Writers. Ed. Ann M. Woodlief Copyright: 1998, Virginia Commonwealth University. (26 Jan. 1999) http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng384/katebio.htm
On February 8, 1851, Katherine O’Flaherty was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Kate was born to the parents of Thomas O’Flaherty and Eliza Faris. Her father was a wealthy Irish immigrant and a successful businessman. Sadly, Kate’s father died in a railway accident when she was only four years old. Kate’s childhood was influenced mostly by her mother and great-grandmother. Kate spent much time with her family’s Creole and mulatto slaves, becoming familiar with their dialects. She attended Sacred Heart convent where she was a very poor student, but an avid reader. At the age of eleven Kate’s great-grandmother as well as her half-brother died. These two deaths caused Kat...
Kate Chopin was born February 8, 1850 in St. Louis. She was raised by a single woman; this impacted her views in the family at an early age. She began her own family at a young age; Kate had a different method compare too many women in her time. As time progressed, she developed a bad habit of dressing inappropriately. Soon she started to publish stories about the experiences and stories of her interests such as women’s individuality and miserable
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Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis in 1851. Her mother Eliza O’Flaherty and father Thomas O’Flaherty were Slave-owning Catholics. (Wilson, Kathleen. The Story of an Hour. Ssfs. 2. Detroit, Michigan: Gale, 1997. 263. Print.) (Wilson 263) At the age of four she had lost her father in a train wreck. She was raised by her French-Creole mother and Great-Grandma. She had begun school at the age of five at Academy of Sacred Heart. After her father died she was taught at home. Later she returned to school and graduated at the age of 17. She got married at the age of twenty years to Oscar Chopin, twenty-five years old and a son of a wealthy cotton-growing family in Louisiana. He was also a French catholic like Kate. Chopin went as...
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