https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy Made with mirth en-us 2018-11-02 15:00:29 UTC 2020-05-01 20:08:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Prizecup.png 145003929 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299824213 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]]> 2018-11-02 15:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299824213 145003929 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299834239 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

]]> 2018-11-02 15:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299834239 143000931 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299836961 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

]]> 2018-11-02 15:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/299836961 145003981 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/300593119 Novels:
The Awakening
At Fault

Short Stories:
The Story of an Hour
The Storm
A Pair of Silk Stockings
A Respectable Woman
+ many more]]> 2018-11-05 17:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/300593119 143000931 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/301055846 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]]> 2018-11-06 16:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/301055846 143000931 https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/301638316 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.]]> 2018-11-07 17:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/145003981/hdoipecaaoyy/wish/301638316