Abala Bose

Abala Bose (8 August 1864 – 26 April 1951) was an Indian social worker and feminist. She was known for her efforts in women's education and her contribution towards helping widows. (then Calcutta) and subsequently enrolled at Bethune School, from where she passed the Entrance Examination in 1881.

In the 1880s, Abala was denied admission to Calcutta Medical College as female students were not yet accepted in the college. She went to Madras (now Chennai) in 1882 on a Bengal government scholarship to study medicine

Upon her husband's knighthood in 1916, she became Lady Bose.

She founded the Vidyasagar Bani Bhawan Primary Teachers’ Training Institute in 1925, which, according to its website, provides "vocational training to distressed women and widows so that they may earn their living in honorable means and get established as respected citizens of the society."

Bose also established a widow's home in Calcutta, as well as the Nari Siksha Samity.

Lady Bose served as secretary of Brahmo Balika Shikshalaya from 1910 to 1936. She died on 26 April 1951, aged 86.