 At the age of 10 she was married to a lawyer, Kiran Chandra Sen, from a literary and aristocratic family from Guptipara, who were well known to many of the leading figures of Bengali literature.Jyotirmoyee might never have written had she not tragically lost her husband in 1918 due to influenza.Barely 25 years old, with six small children (Amia, Anubha, Arun Chandra, Asoka, Amitava and Anjuli), she returned to her parents' house, leaving one child with her husband’s family.