The Resume

(February 8, 1850-August 22, 1904)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri
Birth name was Katherine O'Flaherty
Wrote the novels 'At Fault' (1890) and 'The Awakening' (1899)
Published the short story collections 'Bayou Folk' (1894) and 'A Night in Acadie' (1897)
Died after suffering a stroke at the St. Louis World's Fair

Why she might be annoying:

After she was widowed, she had an affair with a married man.
She began writing at her doctor's suggestion after suffering a nervous breakdown.
After 'The Awakening,' the story of a dissatisfied wife, was denounced as 'unwholesome' by critics, she gave up writing novels.

Why she might not be annoying:

When she was five, her father died in a train accident.
When her husband, Oscar Chopin, died, he left her $12,000 in debt (1882).
'The Awakening' has since been hailed as early feminist classic.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 7)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 10]
• I am from St. Louis
• I Died in 1904 (Ranked: 54)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Write Bildungsroman
• I’m Buried at Calvary Cemetery [St. Louis]
• Profiles 22251-22500 (Ranked: 22467)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 69.57% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying