Kate Chopin

Here's a name that always makes me think of Beth's masters degree readings at SIU-E. She read The Awakening for one of her classes that year. 

Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis on February 8, 1850. She was a forerunner of 20th century feminist authors and, after her death, was recognized as a leading writer. She wrote two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), and two novels, At Fault (1890) and The Awakening (1899). While attending the St. Louis World's Fair, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died a few days later at the age of 54. She is buried in St Louis' Calvary Cemetery.

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