Swarnakumari Devi (Bengali: সৠবরৠণকৠমারী
দেবী; 28 August 1855 â€" 3 July 1932) was a poet, novelist,
musician and social worker from the Indian subcontinent.[1][2] She was
the first among the women writers in Bengal to gain prominence.[3]She
was the fourth amongst the daughters of Debendranath Tagore and was a
granddaughter of Dwarkanath Tagore. Three of her sisters, Soudamini,
Sukumari and Saratkumari, were older than she was. Barnakumari was the
youngest sister. Soudamini was one of the earliest students of Bethune
School. Others in the Tagore family had followed her, but it seems
that Swarnakumari had her education primarily at home.[2] She was five
years older than Rabindranath Tagore.[3]Education was valued in the
Jorasanko Thakur Bari. Swarnakumari recalled how, when her father
Debendranath learned that the governess was writing something on a
slate and having the girls copy it, he stopped the mechanical practice
and brought in a better teacher. In his memoirs Rabindranath wrote,
"We learnt much more at home than we had to at school."[4]
দেবী; 28 August 1855 â€" 3 July 1932) was a poet, novelist,
musician and social worker from the Indian subcontinent.[1][2] She was
the first among the women writers in Bengal to gain prominence.[3]She
was the fourth amongst the daughters of Debendranath Tagore and was a
granddaughter of Dwarkanath Tagore. Three of her sisters, Soudamini,
Sukumari and Saratkumari, were older than she was. Barnakumari was the
youngest sister. Soudamini was one of the earliest students of Bethune
School. Others in the Tagore family had followed her, but it seems
that Swarnakumari had her education primarily at home.[2] She was five
years older than Rabindranath Tagore.[3]Education was valued in the
Jorasanko Thakur Bari. Swarnakumari recalled how, when her father
Debendranath learned that the governess was writing something on a
slate and having the girls copy it, he stopped the mechanical practice
and brought in a better teacher. In his memoirs Rabindranath wrote,
"We learnt much more at home than we had to at school."[4]
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