It is essential to examine the imperialist discourse of how the western women became vehicle of global feminism. Many of these women donned new roles challenging the norms of the traditional setting in colonial setup. Sharing their husband responsibility these memsahibs facilitated the percolation of the British policies and assertion of British culture. By placing them in the transnational sphere and by incorporating interdisciplinary approaches, it is apparent that these imperial women emerged as cultural stand bearers to shape and sustain an empire. This paper is an attempt to focus on the concept of gender in relation to colonialism by focussing on an imperial woman Flora Annie Steel, how she adopted a path which did not confirm to the standards of the age.