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A Study into Feminist Consciousness of The Story of an Hour Abstract：According to interpretation of the social of the American South at the end of the 19th century and the Kate Chopin’s life experience in the illustration of the text and analyze the historical background of the leading role’s self consciousness, uncovering American society ignored the value of women and the shackles of a free spirit. With the help of the analysis of the writing technique, we can better understand the theme of freedom and death in the story. Key words: Women’s consciousness; Kate Chopin; The Story of an Hour I. Introduction Kate Chopin is one of American’s most important women writers of the 19th century. His representative work “Awakening” is recognized for performance pioneer of feminist thought. “The Story of an Hour,” published in 1894, is a boutique in Chopin’s short story. In this novel, a young woman learned that her husband died in a railway accident. She wept returned to the room. Slowly, she began to realize their soul changes: “she whispered, ‘free, free, free! ’... she know in spent a long time after the pain, she will complete her own.” Then, without warning, she did not take the train’s husband, open the door came in. When she saw him, her heart stops beating. Around her everyone thinks she was happy will like this. Is she really happy to hear the news that her husband is dead? This article is a feminist novel. Male chauvinist led to sexual inequality, feminism advocates also should avoid too extreme tendency (such as novel transcendence of male fantasy). We even western social feminism and the ultimate goal of equality for all (real sense of equality). Not any party surpassed and superior. II. The social background of Feminist Consciousness Overall, the United States in the 19th century, legal, religious and traditional practices strict restrictions on women, especially Southern women’s rights.总的来说，在十九世纪的美国，法律、宗教、传统实践严格束缚着女人，尤其是南部女人的权利。 They could not vote, cannot