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Kate Chopin:“A Respectable
Woman”Ambre Lee
Dubnoff Center
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
Where is Missouri?
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.
Where is Louisiana?
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.