Lester Frank Ward (English Wikipedia)

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"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

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Cape, Emily Palmer (1922). Lester F. Ward: A Personal Sketch.
Becker 1975: online available in Internet Archive.

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American Sociological Association. "American Sociological Association – Lester Ward". www2.asanet.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

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"WARD, Lester Frank". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 1067. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Ward, Lester Frank (1891). "Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism". Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
Mike Hawkins (1997). Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945: Nature as Model and Nature as Threat. Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0521574341. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Steven L. Piott (2006). American Reformers, 1870–1920: Progressives in Word And Deed. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0742527638. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Gossett : new edition 1997 in Google Books Archived June 13, 2024, at the Wayback Machine.

brown.edu (Global: 2,455^th place; English: 1,451^st place)

Martha Mitchell (1993). "Ward, Lester F.". Encyclopedia Brunoniana. Providence, RI: Brown University Library. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022. He enlisted in the Union army in August 1862, only a few days after his secret marriage to Elisabeth Vought.

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Dealey, James Quayle (1925). "Masters of Social Science: Lester Frank Ward". Social Forces. 4 (2): 257–272. doi:10.2307/3004574. ISSN 0037-7732. JSTOR 3004574. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
Small, Albion W. (1916). "Fifty Years of Sociology in the United States (1865–1915)". American Journal of Sociology. 21 (6): 749–758. doi:10.1086/212570. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2763629. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
Ross, Edward A. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 859–861. doi:10.2307/2083768. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083768. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Guthrie, Elton F. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 861–862. doi:10.2307/2083769. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083769. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Patten, Simon N. (1894). "The Failure of Biologic Sociology". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 4 (6): 63–91. doi:10.1177/000271629400400604. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1008869.
"Pure Sociology: A Treatise Concerning the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society . Lester F. Ward". Journal of Political Economy. 11 (4): 655–656. 1903. doi:10.1086/251002. ISSN 0022-3808. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

fulcrum.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Lester Ward and the welfare state. Bobbs-Merrill. 1967. ISBN 978-0-672-50998-8. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

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Guide to the Lester Frank Ward Papers, 1883–1919 Archived November 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, the George Washington University

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Ward, Frank Lester. (1888) "Our Better Halves," https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/15/our-better-halves-1888/ Archived June 12, 2024, at the Wayback Machine

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Dealey, James Quayle (1925). "Masters of Social Science: Lester Frank Ward". Social Forces. 4 (2): 257–272. doi:10.2307/3004574. ISSN 0037-7732. JSTOR 3004574. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
Small, Albion W. (1916). "Fifty Years of Sociology in the United States (1865–1915)". American Journal of Sociology. 21 (6): 749–758. doi:10.1086/212570. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2763629. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
Ward, Lester Frank (1913). "Eugenics, Euthenics, and Eudemics" (PDF). American Journal of Sociology, 18(6), 737–754.
Ross, Edward A. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 859–861. doi:10.2307/2083768. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083768. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Guthrie, Elton F. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 861–862. doi:10.2307/2083769. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083769. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Patten, Simon N. (1894). "The Failure of Biologic Sociology". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 4 (6): 63–91. doi:10.1177/000271629400400604. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1008869.

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 19 April 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-04-19/ed-1/seq-5/
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 19 April 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-04-19/ed-1/seq-5/>
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]), 08 March 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91070630/1906-03-08/ed-1/seq-9/>
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.), 10 March 1910. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85040245/1910-03-10/ed-1/seq-4/>
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 27 April 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1913-04-27/ed-1/seq-27/>

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Finlay 1999: abstract Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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"Pure Sociology: A Treatise Concerning the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society . Lester F. Ward". Journal of Political Economy. 11 (4): 655–656. 1903. doi:10.1086/251002. ISSN 0022-3808. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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"WARD, Lester Frank". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 1067. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Dealey, James Quayle (1925). "Masters of Social Science: Lester Frank Ward". Social Forces. 4 (2): 257–272. doi:10.2307/3004574. ISSN 0037-7732. JSTOR 3004574. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
Small, Albion W. (1916). "Fifty Years of Sociology in the United States (1865–1915)". American Journal of Sociology. 21 (6): 749–758. doi:10.1086/212570. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2763629. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
Martha Mitchell (1993). "Ward, Lester F.". Encyclopedia Brunoniana. Providence, RI: Brown University Library. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022. He enlisted in the Union army in August 1862, only a few days after his secret marriage to Elisabeth Vought.
"APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
American Sociological Association. "American Sociological Association – Lester Ward". www2.asanet.org. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
Ward, Lester Frank (1891). "Neo-Darwinism and Neo-Lamarckism". Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
Mike Hawkins (1997). Social Darwinism in European and American Thought, 1860–1945: Nature as Model and Nature as Threat. Cambridge University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0521574341. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Lester Ward and the welfare state. Bobbs-Merrill. 1967. ISBN 978-0-672-50998-8. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
Steven L. Piott (2006). American Reformers, 1870–1920: Progressives in Word And Deed. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0742527638. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
Ward, Frank Lester. (1888) "Our Better Halves," https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/15/our-better-halves-1888/ Archived June 12, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Guide to the Lester Frank Ward Papers, 1883–1919 Archived November 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, the George Washington University
Ross, Edward A. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 859–861. doi:10.2307/2083768. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083768. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Guthrie, Elton F. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 861–862. doi:10.2307/2083769. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083769. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Finlay 1999: abstract Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Gossett : new edition 1997 in Google Books Archived June 13, 2024, at the Wayback Machine.
"Pure Sociology: A Treatise Concerning the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society . Lester F. Ward". Journal of Political Economy. 11 (4): 655–656. 1903. doi:10.1086/251002. ISSN 0022-3808. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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Dealey, James Quayle (1925). "Masters of Social Science: Lester Frank Ward". Social Forces. 4 (2): 257–272. doi:10.2307/3004574. ISSN 0037-7732. JSTOR 3004574. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
Small, Albion W. (1916). "Fifty Years of Sociology in the United States (1865–1915)". American Journal of Sociology. 21 (6): 749–758. doi:10.1086/212570. ISSN 0002-9602. JSTOR 2763629. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
Ross, Edward A. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 859–861. doi:10.2307/2083768. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083768. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Guthrie, Elton F. (1939). "Review of Lester F. Ward, The American Aristotle". American Sociological Review. 4 (6): 861–862. doi:10.2307/2083769. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083769. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
Patten, Simon N. (1894). "The Failure of Biologic Sociology". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 4 (6): 63–91. doi:10.1177/000271629400400604. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1008869.
"Pure Sociology: A Treatise Concerning the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society . Lester F. Ward". Journal of Political Economy. 11 (4): 655–656. 1903. doi:10.1086/251002. ISSN 0022-3808. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

Lester Frank Ward (English Wikipedia)

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