... a Commonplace Book, which is the first document of Kate's writings. This Commonplace Book became a diary of her intellectual and social life. At the age of 19, Kate met Louisiana native Oscar Chopin, age 25, son of a wealthy cotton growing family. They married on June 9, 1870. The couple established their new home in New Orleans. They shared the births of six children together ... . When Oscar's brokerage business failed in 1879, he decided to move north to his family's plantations in Natchitoches Parish, and it was then that Kate became acquainted with the Creole community that ... bec...

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