Short Biography of Kate Chopin

Short Biography of Kate Chopin Kate Chopin’s original name was Katie O’ Flaherty. She was born in the 1850s by her Irish father and French mother. As Kate Chopin grew up her great grandmother taught her storytelling, in both English and French. Her... More

Short Biography of Kate Chopin Kate Chopin’s original name was Katie O’ Flaherty. She was born in the 1850s by her Irish father and French mother. As Kate Chopin grew up her great grandmother taught her storytelling, in both English and French. Her grandmother was an independent, free thinker. Kate attended Sacred Heart Academy which inspired people to be intelligence and independent thinkers. In 1861 while the Civil War was going on her lost her closest family, including her great grandmother. During this depressing time she began writing war stories about loss, grief, terror, and fear. Her whole life began to revolve around death. After Kate graduated her life became very different. Women had to wear constricting clothes, reading, writing, and thinking were not one thing that women around that time did. In 1870 she married a man named Oscar Chopin in which they had six children together. Only twelve years after their marriage Kate Chopin’s husband died and only three years Less