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Born on February 8, 1850 to Eliza Faris O'Flaherty and Captain Thomas O'Flaherty. Third of five children.
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Enters St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart.
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Father is killed in train accident.
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She was confirmed in the Catholic Church by Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick.
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Half-brother George dies of typhoid fever on Mardi Gras day.
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Kate's grandmother died three days before Christmas in 1863.
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Graduates from Sacred Heart Academy.
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Writes her first story, "Emancipation: A Life Fable," a short story about freedom and restriction.
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Marries Oscar Chopin and moves to New Orleans.
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Oscar dies of malaria, leaving Kate with a heavy debt and six young boys.
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Her mother dies.
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Publishes her first poem, "If It Might Be," in America.
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Starts writing The Awakening.
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The Awakening published by Herbert S. Stone and Company on April 22.
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Writes and publishes the story, "The Wood-Choppers."
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Publishes her last story, "Polly"
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Dies from a cerebral hemorrhage on August 22, after collapsing at the World's Fair, two days before at age 54.
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