She was the daughter of Durga Mohan Das, a prominent social reformer, and her sister, Abala Bose, was also a noted educator.
[1] She was also closely involved with the Sakhi Samiti, an organisation founded by poet, novelist and social worker, Swarnakumari Devi which promoted Indian handicrafts and published several magazines and literary journals in Bengali and English.
[10] Roy became president at a time when there was significant momentum towards social reform around the extension of franchise to Indian women.
[11] During her Presidential Address, Ray gave a speech arguing that the key to reforms was to strengthen education for girls, and that this would be critical in efforts to end the prevalent practice of child marriage.
[12] She married Prasanna Kumar Roy, an educator and the first principal of Presidency College in Kolkata, and they had a son who died at a very young age.