Her father was a lawyer based in Hooghly district, Bengal Presidency, British Raj.
Her contemporary feminist and frequent pen pal was Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.
The future National Poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam dedicated his poem Bisher Banxi to her.
[3] She wrote Purdah versus Deprivation which criticised the way women have been sidelined in Islam through the veil.
After her death Kazi Nazrul Islam dedicated a book to her in which he gave her the title Agni Nagini (Fire Serpent).