KATE CHOPIN

BIOGRAPHY

• 1850-1904
• born in St. Louis, Missouri
• Kate grew up speaking both French and English.
• Kate became a widow at age thirty-six, with the responsibility of raising six children. She never remarried.
• Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer,a family friend, encouraged her to write.

THE AWAKENING

• A novel about a married woman seeking greater personal freedom and a more fulfilling life. Condemned as morbid, vulgar, and disagreeable when it appeared in 1899, it is today acclaimed as an essential American book.
• Her novel, at first, wasn't popular due to the controversial writings but is now known for its importance and quality in early feminism

INFLUENTIAL?

• Kate Chopin was a feminist who was brave enough to write about women's rights in her time period
• She was fighting for equality between men and women and stressed that women did not have to conform to societal norms

MY OPINION

• I believe Kate Chopin was very influential because she didn't care what people thought about her work, point of view, or beliefs.
• She paved a way for writers, male and female to continue to say what they mean and think regardless of what society tells them is OK

WHAT IS FEMINISM?

KATE CHOPIN

WORKS CITED

• http://www.katechopin.org/
• http://www.katechopin.org/biography/
• https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/bio-books-stories
• http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5132.Kate_Chopin