Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akataura achidzivirira Jane Addams uye achipesana neNational Women Suffrage Association ichigamuchira chinjo yaizorambidza chero mukuru kana nhengo ipi neipi kutora chikamu mubato guru rezvematongerwe enyika muna 1912. Akasarudzwa kuva bhodhi revatungamiriri veCollege Suffragist, chikamu cheNational Women Suffrage Association, panguva iyoyo. Akatungamirira Equal Suffrage League kuti aedze kuwana kodzero yekuenda kuvhoti veMissouri muna 1914, asi apo dare reSeneti renyika rakaisa hurukuro yacho, iye naMai Walter McNab Miller, mutungamiri wenyika yeEqual Suffrage League, vakatanga chirongwa chekukumbira. Chiyero chacho chakakundikana pamwero weinodokusvika 3 kuna 1 munyika yose. Pa
1916 National Democratic Convention, apo zviuru zvevakadzi zvakabuda mumigwagwa kuzokwezva kutarisisa kodzero yekuvhota, O'Neil akamira kumagumo e "golden lane" yevakadzi vanomiririra nyika dzine kodzero yekuvhota, kwaakanga akapfeka se "mudzimu werusununguko".