Throughout her life, Kate Chopin had many female influences. She benefited from having many female mentors, whether they were strong and independent widows in her family or the nuns of her school. Her father died only four years after her birth, putting her in a matriarchal household. Chopin grew up surrounded with tragedy. When she was eleven, her beloved great-grandmother whom she was extremely close too, died. That same year, her half-brother died fighting in the Civil War.

Throughout her life, Kate Chopin became an independent and successful writer, creating opportunities on her own. Although she had no political caree

r, she was instrumental in the push for suffrage. Her book, The Awakening deals with the condition of women in marriages during the late nineteenth century.

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