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Kate's Birthday
Kate was born in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Thomas O'Flaherty and Eliza Faris O'Flaherty. -
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Kate Choplin's Life
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Schooling
At five and a half years old, she was sent to The Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic boarding school in St. Louis.
Father killed in train accident. -
Confirmation
She was confirmed in the Catholic Church by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick. -
Deaths in the family
Grandmother dies. Half-brother George dies of typhoid fever. -
Graduation
She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. -
First Story
She begins writting her first story, "Emancipation: A Life Fable" - a short story about freedom and restriction. -
Marries Oscar Chopin
She marries Oscar Chopin. They honeymoon in Europe then move to New Orleans. -
Oscar Dies
Oscar dies of malaria, leaving Kate with a heavy debt and six young boys. -
Kate's Mother Dies
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Writes "Euphrase"
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First Poem
Publishes her first poem "If It Might Be" in America. -
Writes "Mrs. Mobry's Reason" and "A Shameful Affair"
Kate writes "Mrs. Mobry's Reason" and "A Shameful Affair," which are published in the New Orleans Times-Democrat in 1893. She publishes more stories in Youth's Companion and Harper's Young People. -
Writes "A Respectable Woman"
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Writes The Awakening
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Publishes The Awakening
The Awakening was published by Herbert S. Stone and Company on April 22, 1899. -
Writes and publishes "The Wood-Choppers"
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Publishes her last story "Polly"
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Kate's Death
She dies from a cerebral hemorrhage after collapsing at the World's Fair two days before.
