▁entitled ▁to ▁her ▁share ▁of ▁whatever ▁credit ▁attach es ▁to ▁human ▁progress ▁here by ▁achieved ." ▁Cl iff ord ▁H . ▁Scott ▁arg ues ▁that ▁pract ically ▁all ▁the ▁suff rag ists ▁ignored ▁him . ▁ ▁Environment al ▁policy ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁Ward ▁had ▁a ▁considerable ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁United ▁States ' ▁environmental ▁policy ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁Ross ▁listed ▁Ward ▁among ▁the ▁four ▁" ph il os opher / s cient ists " ▁that ▁sh aped ▁American ▁early ▁environmental ▁policies . ▁( see : ▁Ross , ▁John ▁R .; ▁Man ▁over ▁Nature ) ▁ ▁White ▁supre m acy ▁and ▁race ▁Ward ▁was ▁a ▁Republican ▁Wh ig ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁system ▁of ▁sla very . ▁He ▁en list ed ▁in ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁was ▁wounded ▁three ▁times . ▁However , ▁a ▁close ▁reading ▁of ▁his ▁" Dynamic ▁Soci ology " ▁will ▁un cover ▁several ▁statements ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁considered ▁somewhat ▁rac ist ▁and ▁eth noc ent ric ▁by ▁today ' s ▁standards . ▁There ▁are ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁superior ity ▁of ▁Western ▁culture ▁and ▁the ▁sav ag ery ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Indian ▁and ▁black ▁races , ▁made ▁all ▁the ▁more ▁j arring ▁by ▁the ▁modern ▁feel ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁ ▁However , ▁Ward ▁lived ▁in ▁Washington ▁D . C ., ▁then ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁anth rop ological ▁research ▁in ▁the ▁US ; ▁he ▁was ▁always ▁up