How Did Kate Chopin Contribute To Society

In her lifetime, Kate Chopin touched her writings on lives of women finding the difficulty of realizing their desires which will led to their downfall. As one of the earliest American feminist writers, Kate Chopin had given insights of women struggling the restrictions of society after the Civil War through her novels and short stories. Most of her work was considered a taboo to society because they were based on her emotional cravings for independence and exemption from the strains of a country women. Chopin received the title of the “Littlest Rebel” from tearing down a Union flag and it would mark as one of her traits in her adult life.
Born on February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri Chopin was the third child of Eliza and Thomas O'Flaherty.
Around 1879, her husband’s business was declining and force them to move to Louisiana. Oscar died three years later and left Kate an amount of $12,000 of debt and six children to look out for. Soon after her tragic loss, she moved back with her mother but had died in the following year. After the deaths of one of her two closest family members, Kate had longed for the security of marriage, but she gained independence in the outcome. Through her losses, she published her first novel published in 1889, “At Fault,” that had dealt with a women rejecting her lover who is a newly divorced man. It gained many praises, but it was attacked by moralists who disapproved its subject matter. Her most famous work, “The Awakening” concerned with identity and immorality which caused had many controversies because of the main character’s behavior.
Despite many eventful losses, Kate Chopin had learned to become an independent woman by herself. She was not afraid to express what was on her mind. Her rebellious attitude and the deaths around made her become what made her the person she was. Even though her works were looked down upon, she became worldly known in the later years as her ideas strengthened the Feminist