Chopin, Kate: 1851 - 1904

The Awakening, 1899 - Background

The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.
Timeline of the Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998
Life of the Victorian Woman: "The article is informative as a broad introductory overview of Victorian women's lives, but it is largely descriptive and simplifies a complex topic rather than providing deep historical analysis."
Separate Spheres for Men and Women: "Men and women naturally belonged in what they called separate “spheres.” Women inhabited a sphere comprising the home, church, and social visits they exchanged with each other. Men's sphere was outside the home in the world of industry, commerce, and politics."
How Victorian Women Were Oppressed Through the Use of Psychiatry: "At the time, after all, psychiatrists were often hired by husbands and fathers to probe their wives’ and daughters’ “abnormal” behaviors"
New Woman and feminist literature: "Replacing the submissive, apathetic female of sentimental novels was the decisive, career-minded, unchaperoned go-getter, whom the French dubbed a nouvelle femme."