For this essay, analyses have been conducted on Kate Chopin’s (1850-1904) novel The Awakening (1899) and short stories “The Storm” (1898), “The Story of an Hour” (1894), and “A Respectable Woman” (1894). This essay aims to demonstrate that Kate Chopin highlights the unity of body and consciousness as important for the female protagonists to obtain freedom. For oppressed women in patriarchal societies, freedom and autonomy have become increasingly significant over the past hundred years, as also portrayed in works of literature such as those by Chopin. Phenomenology studies the body and consciousness, and their relation to the first-hand experiences. This essay utilizes phenomenology to illustrate the significance of body and consciousness in the process to obtain freedom. This essay concludes that, in Chopin’s writing about women’s lived experiences, the body and consciousness can achieve freedom when they are united. The degree of freedom varies between the female protagonists, but they prove that even the experience of momentary freedom holds value. This essay also argues that Chopin’s literary works are relevant in education at upper secondary school. By analyzing literary works in relation to gender, students can examine the portrayal of stereotypes and also discuss similarities and differences in connection to their own lived experiences.