Kammala wannan jumla: A 1920 Laura Clay ta kasance mai kafa kungiyar mata ta Kentucky. A wannan shekarar, ta yi aiki a matsayin wakili a
Babban Taron Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1920 da aka gudanar a San Francisco tsakanin 28 ga Yuni da 6 ga Yuli, 1920. Laura Clay ya sanya tarihin Amurka a matsayin daya daga cikin mata na farko (tare da dan takarar Kentucky Cora Wilson Stewart) da za a gabatar a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa na babban jam'iyyar siyasa; kuma, godiya ga shugaban wakilan Kentucky Augustus Owsley Stanley da Stewart sune mata biyu na farko da suka karbi kuri'a kowannensu don dan takarar shugaban kasa. A kuri'a ta 44, Gwamna James M. Cox na Ohio ya zama dan takarar jam'iyyar Democrat a matsayin shugaban kasa tare da Franklin D. Roosevelt, mataimakin sakataren Navy daga New York, a matsayin mataimakinsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa. Shirin Jam'iyyar Democrat ya goyi bayan mata; bayan da aka yi yakin neman zabe a majalisar dokokin Amurka da kuma majalisun dokoki, Kwaskwarima na goma sha tara ya zama wani ɓangare na Tsarin Mulki na Amurka a ranar 26 ga Agusta, 1920. (Yana cewa, "Ba za a hana ko rage haƙƙin 'yan ƙasar Amurka na yin zaɓe ba ta Amurka ko ta kowace Jiha saboda jinsi. ")