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Also after I left, he began to be exposed to the “good fellow” treatment, which not only politicians, but insurance company men, associated manufacturers, board of trade and chamber of commerce employees, can give a man if they want to. I realized then, as I watched it, that, of course, they are inhibited from giving the “good fellow” treatment to a lady. It's one of the great advantages that a woman has in public office. It's one set of pressures she isn't subject to.

The “good fellow” treatment is the hardest of all to resist for a man. After all, a lady can decline to go out to dinner, because the man who asks her knows it isn't quite proper for her to dine out with him. So he takes no offense at all and doesn't think she's a poor sport if she says, “How nice of you to ask me, Mr. Daly, but I'm afraid I can't go tonight. It's awfully kind of you, but my family are expecting me.” He isn't mad. He doesn't think, “She's a poor sport.” He just thinks, “Well, she's a lady. I guess you can't do that kind of thing.” Also if he says, “Have a highball?” and the lady says, “Thank you so much, but I'm a TT,” he takes no offense at all. It's proper for a lady to be a TT. He doesn't think that she's a cheap sort or a snob who won't drink with him. That doesn't cross his mind. A man gets the “good fellow” treatment and he is a cheap sort if he doesn't drink with you.