Types of price discrimination practiced by post-bellum railroads included all of the following except :
A) varied rates based on passenger's gender.
B) varied rates based on town of origin.
C) higher rates per mile for short-hauls than for long-hauls.
D) higher rates per ton for manufactured goods than for raw materials.

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Price discrimination based on a passenger's gender was not a practice employed by post-bellum railroads. Discrimination typically involved factors like distance, type of goods, or town of origin, but not gender.

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