Kate Chopin was an incredibly talented writer. Kate wrote about real feelings and real issues. Few of the topics that she wrote about were spoken of. Kate Chopin became one of the best known and most controversial writers of the 19th century. She stood up for women, their rights and other real issues, no matter what the cost was to her reputation. Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty, on February 8, 1851, in St. Louis Missouri. She …showed first 75 words of 734 total…

…showed last 75 words of 734 total…the feminist writers of her time who were mainly interested in improving the social conditions of women, she looked for an understanding of personal freedom that questioned conventional demands of both men and women. Additionally, she did not limit her exploration of freedom to physical emancipation, but also intellectual autonomy. Kate's writings provided her with the means to live how she wanted—both mentally and physically—rather than play the role society expected of her.