In the present society the capacity to understand the issues and problems which community faces and the ability to communicate one’s ideas to others is considered as the important qualities for leadership. It draws interest to study women legislator’s socio economic and political backgrounds as it reveals their thoughts, aspirations and quality of leadership as well. If we look at the Uttar Pradesh state Legislative Assembly (study area) we find steadily growing representation of women over a few decades. This work is an overview of socio-economic, religious and political backgrounds of women members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the years 1980 to 2009. It examines the women legislator’s socio economic background their performances and role as they had influenced the proceedings of Legislative Assembly. Their castes and religions have also been highlighted, as these factors played important role in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. With the close microscopic look on the performance of women legislators in the State Assembly, an attempt has also been made to find out the legislative style of women legislators as different to their male counterparts. Interaction of women legislators with their constituency people and the people of their constituency and their involvement in the people’s welfare programme has also been looked into.