Diplomacy
-The first political parties representing the interest of labor, the workingmen's parties, fought for all of the following issues EXCEPT:
A)Equal wages for women
B)Free public education
C)The end of debtor's prisons
D)The 10 hour work day
E)Free homesteads

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Early workingmen's parties did not advocate for gender equity for wages. Since women were banned from political participation and unions, the issues of their pay did not make it onto early labor agendas. The desire for reasonable wages and hours would drive the labor union movement in the late 19th century, when meaningful reform of working conditions would enter national law.

Diplomacy -The First Political Parties Representing the Interest of Labor, the the Workingmen's