As a youngster, he also saw the difference in men and women
in the workplace.<span> <span>His ideas of women were ladies
who sat around the house reading, tidying up and running errands. To him this
was a life of luxury. But as Sander's said, "I was slow to understand the
deep grievances of women" (Sanders 516). He idolized them, though they
suffered as men suffered when money was tight, it wasn't their fault or
responsibility. </span></span>