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Toth, Emily, "Kate Chopin 'The Story of the Hour". KateChopin.org, Kate Chopin International Society. www.katechopin.org/the-story-of-an-hour/. Accessed 3 Nov. 2018.

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Born February 8, 1850 - Died August 22, 1904
Wrote about the "... inner lives of sensitive, daring women."
Married to Oscar Chopin
Had 6 kids; 5 boys 1 girl
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, USA

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Was born in Missouri
Her mother's side was French and she became bilingual, speaking both French and English
1855: Her father was killed in a railroad accident
1863: Her great grandmother died

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Wrote "The Awakening" in 1899 and critics described the book as vulgar, morbid, and disagreeable.
Was Chopin's 2nd novel
Chopin was inspired by the writings of Guy De Maupassant
The Awakening is set in Louisiana
The Awakening is considered one of the first feminist works in American literature

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Novels:
The Awakening
At Fault

Short Stories:
The Story of an Hour
The Storm
A Pair of Silk Stockings
A Respectable Woman
+ many more

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In 1904, she bought a ticket to the St. Louis World Fair and it was extremely hot
She called her son at midnight complaining of a pain in her head
Doctors believe she had a cerebral hemorrhage
She lapsed into unconsciousness the next day and died on August 22