Emilie Schenkl

Emilie Schenkl an Austrian stenographer, secretary, trunk exchange operator.

Wife of Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian nationalist leader.

Schenkl was hired by Bose in 1934 specifically as his secretary and stenographer to help him prepare the manuscript.

She assisted Bose in typing and preparing his book “The Indian Struggle.”

Subhas Chandra Bose acknowledged her assistance in the book's preface, stating, "I have to express my thanks to Fraulein E. Schenkl, who assisted me in writing this book".