1. The Awakening
Robert inevitably left Edna because he realized that he could never own her in the way that was customary for that time. ... The same line of reasoning goes into why she moved out of her large house with the servants into the tiny pigeon-house around the corner. ...
The Ideal of Womanhood in Kate Chopin's The Awakening Throughout most of history women generally have had fewer rights than men. The Women's Rights Movement began in cities of the northeast in the early to mid-1800's and soon emerged in cities of the Midwest and western states. It was not until the 1890's that women in the southern states joined the bandwagon. The Awakening by Kate Chopin, set in the coastal region of Louisiana, was written and published during this time. Industrialization, urbanization and changing social norms in the United States were great i...