What elements of Kate Choplin's life make their way into her story, "The Story of an Hour?"

There are some clear similarities between Kate Chopin's
life and Louise Mallard in Chopin's short story, "The Story of an
Hour."

One similarity is that Chopin's father died in a
train accident. In the story, Louise Mallard's husband is reported killed in a train
accident. Both families are wealthy. Kate Chopin marries a businessman, and it is clear
that Louise Mallard's husband was a businessman as well, traveling by train to work,
travel-stained (as only someone well-dressed could be perceived after spending time on
the train), and carrying an umbrella—not the behavior of a common
worker.

It was
Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack
and umbrella.

Finally, it is
Chopin's behavior as an independent woman, upon the death of her husband, that is very
similar to Louise Mallard's new-found sense of independence at her husband's
"death."