Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1910, e hiwere Òtù Na-ahụ Maka Inye Mmadụ Nnwere Onwe Ime Nhọrọ (ESL) nke onyeisi ya bụ Florence Wyman Richardson. Ndị klọb steeti atọ ndị ọzọ jikọtara ọnụ wee guzobe Missouri Equal Suffrage Association (MESA). N'oge Women Suffrage Procession, Missouri nọchitere anya nke ọma ma nwee otu ndị inyom na-agagharị agagharị nke mere ka ìgwè mmadụ ahụ na-eme mkpọtụ kwụsị. N'ime afọ ndị fọdụrụnụ na 1913 na 1914, ndị na-akwado ihe ruuru ụmụ nwanyị nwere mgbakọ na ngagharị iwe. N'oge
Na 1916 Democratic National Convention, ndị suffragists mere "mmegharị na-adịghị agagharị, na-adịghị ekwu okwu". Na 1919, ụmụ nwanyị nwetara ikike ịtụ vootu maka ndị na-ahọpụta ndị isi ala. Missouri kwadoro Ndezigharị nke Iri na Itoolu na July 2, 1919. E guzobere Njikọ nke Ndị Inyom Na-eme Ntuli Aka nke Missouri n'October nke 1919.