A lokacin da take 'yar shekara bakwai, Gellhorn ta halarci wani gangamin neman 'yancin mata na jefa kuri'a da aka yi a babban dakin taro na jam'iyyar Democrat a birnin New York.
Babban taro na shekara ta 1916 a St. Louis. Mata da suke ɗauke da laima mai launin rawaya kuma suna sanye da ɗamara mai launin rawaya suna tsaye a ɓangarorin biyu na babban titin da ke kai wa St. Louis Coliseum. A tableau na jihohi ya a gaban Art Museum. jihohin da ba su enfranchised mata aka draped a baki. Gellhorn da wata yarinya, Mary Taussig, sun tsaya a gaban layin, suna wakiltar masu jefa kuri'a na gaba.