Born in Khujand, then called Leninabad, Aminova was the daughter of poet and musician Muhiddin Aminzoda.
[1] She graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Khujand in 1958, and taught at local schools in that town until 1970; in that year she joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
[2] In 1971, she became the editor of the local newspaper, Haqiqati Leninabad, remaining in this position until 1990, in which year she became an advisor to the local branch of the Writers' Union of Tajikistan, of which she had been a member since 1965.
She also received the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviets of Tajikistan and Azerbaijan.
Aminova takes as the theme of her work such subjects as patriotism, love, loyalty, and the freedom of Soviet women.