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Kate Chopin:“A Respectable

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Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin • 1851-1904

Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin • 1851-1904• Born in St. Louis, Missouri

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Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin • 1851-1904• Born in St. Louis, Missouri• Married a Louisiana man and lived on his cotton plantation in New Orleans.

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Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin • 1851-1904• Born in St. Louis, Missouri• Married a Louisiana man and lived on his cotton plantation in New Orleans.• When he died, she took the six kids back to St. Louis.

Kate Chopin: “A Respectable Woman”

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Kate Chopin • 1851-1904• Born in St. Louis, Missouri• Married a Louisiana man and lived on his cotton plantation in New Orleans• When he died, she took the six kids back to St. Louis.• She began writing short stories in her late 30’s.

Kate Chopin

Many of Kate Chopin’s stories were published in Vogue magazine.

“Desiree’s Baby” “The Story of an Hour” “A Respectable

Woman” “A Pair of Silk

Stockings” At the time, issues

were 10 cents each.

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s only novel was The Awakening (1899).

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s only novel was The Awakening (1899).

Her themes of adultery and mixed marriage caused a huge scandal.

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s only novel was The Awakening (1899).

Her themes of adultery and mixed marriage caused a huge scandal

She quit writing.

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s only novel was The Awakening (1899).

Her themes of adultery and mixed marriage caused a huge scandal.

She quit writing. She died early of a

brain hemorrhage.

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s only novel was The Awakening (1899).

Her themes of adultery and mixed marriage caused a huge scandal.

She quit writing. She died early of a

brain hemorrhage. She was recognized as

a leading writer of her time.