Elizabeth Glass Turner π
@egtfirefall.bsky.social
Writer, editor, researcher; curates FireFall, a newsletter amplifying women leading in the church across traditions, around the world, & throughout church history.
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Since it must be said loudly & repeatedly:
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
π¨π¦ Canada
π¬π± Greenland
π©π° Denmark
π²π½ Mexico
π΅π¦ Panama
πͺπΊ European Union
πΊπ¦ Ukraine
πΏπ¦ South Africa
πΊπ³ United Nations
With many others, I'm an American celebrating international friendship, allies who safeguard freedom, & collaboration that respects:
π¨π¦ Canada
π¬π± Greenland
π©π° Denmark
π²π½ Mexico
π΅π¦ Panama
πͺπΊ European Union
πΊπ¦ Ukraine
πΏπ¦ South Africa
πΊπ³ United Nations
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner π
Oooook I'm still happy for @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social & @theatlantic.com may their Signals ever thrive
but bumped into a 2025 Atlantic interview on Gilded Age corruption:
"What did the Gilded Age build that's most worth remembering?"
"It began to build public infrastructure..."
THAT WAS WOMEN
but bumped into a 2025 Atlantic interview on Gilded Age corruption:
"What did the Gilded Age build that's most worth remembering?"
"It began to build public infrastructure..."
THAT WAS WOMEN
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Oooook I'm still happy for @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social & @theatlantic.com may their Signals ever thrive
but bumped into a 2025 Atlantic interview on Gilded Age corruption:
"What did the Gilded Age build that's most worth remembering?"
"It began to build public infrastructure..."
THAT WAS WOMEN
but bumped into a 2025 Atlantic interview on Gilded Age corruption:
"What did the Gilded Age build that's most worth remembering?"
"It began to build public infrastructure..."
THAT WAS WOMEN
Adjacent - from last spring elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/ways-women...
Ways Women Met Their Moment: the Von Trapps, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, a Fiesty Journalist, & an FDA Team
Courage comes in many forms.
elizabethglassturner.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Adjacent - from last spring elizabethglassturner.substack.com/p/ways-women...
Oh awesome! I have a digital "stack" of stuff on that - tomorrow I'll pull up a couple things and share them, it was really interesting - and archival docs make abundantly clear that whether or not they were included in event photos etc, they were actively creating/implementing policy/practice.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Oh awesome! I have a digital "stack" of stuff on that - tomorrow I'll pull up a couple things and share them, it was really interesting - and archival docs make abundantly clear that whether or not they were included in event photos etc, they were actively creating/implementing policy/practice.
Many of those women (inc Frances Perkins) came up through reform/progressive era ranks in a time when int'l cooperation among transnational women's orgs was the norm, not the exception. (Int'l suffragists kept their newsletter going *through WWI* despite their nations fighting, then met by 1920.)
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Many of those women (inc Frances Perkins) came up through reform/progressive era ranks in a time when int'l cooperation among transnational women's orgs was the norm, not the exception. (Int'l suffragists kept their newsletter going *through WWI* despite their nations fighting, then met by 1920.)
woman lawyer worked sorting Nuremberg evidence, Sec of HEW Oveta Culp Hobby expanded social security/health, her agency implemented everything from fluoridation to undergrad support to polio immunization rollout (took blame for hiccup despite not her fault), while women staffed key FDA/NIH roles.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
woman lawyer worked sorting Nuremberg evidence, Sec of HEW Oveta Culp Hobby expanded social security/health, her agency implemented everything from fluoridation to undergrad support to polio immunization rollout (took blame for hiccup despite not her fault), while women staffed key FDA/NIH roles.
Women also built postwar world: UN (Dr Esther Brunauer forced out of State Dept work on UN/UNESCO by McCarthy), UN human rights dec (E Roosevelt), IMF/Bretton Woods, implementing Marshall Plan, Undersec/Def Anna Rosenberg rec'd key GI Bill pieces/insisted on desegregating military base schools...
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Women also built postwar world: UN (Dr Esther Brunauer forced out of State Dept work on UN/UNESCO by McCarthy), UN human rights dec (E Roosevelt), IMF/Bretton Woods, implementing Marshall Plan, Undersec/Def Anna Rosenberg rec'd key GI Bill pieces/insisted on desegregating military base schools...
Right...gutted for one, thrilled for another, astonishing.
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Right...gutted for one, thrilled for another, astonishing.
Unbelievablllllllle aaaack but so happy for them
February 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Unbelievablllllllle aaaack but so happy for them
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February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers whoβve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: βTo get out of here.β
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: βTo get out of here.β
'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention
A Russian couple and their children sought asylum in the U.S. In a Texas detention center, they say they endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medicine.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers whoβve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas.
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: βTo get out of here.β
As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday.
She replied: βTo get out of here.β
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner π
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
Reposted by Elizabeth Glass Turner π
So:
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So:
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
Woe will belong to those who call righteousness, justice, and righteous wrath "toxic empathy"
because it means their hearts have become brittle shards, and only the warmth of the mercy of remorse can fuse and reshape them again.
Let justice roll down, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
because it means their hearts have become brittle shards, and only the warmth of the mercy of remorse can fuse and reshape them again.
Let justice roll down, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe will belong to those who call righteousness, justice, and righteous wrath "toxic empathy"
because it means their hearts have become brittle shards, and only the warmth of the mercy of remorse can fuse and reshape them again.
Let justice roll down, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
because it means their hearts have become brittle shards, and only the warmth of the mercy of remorse can fuse and reshape them again.
Let justice roll down, righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Woe to those who will not stop raving about the emperor's new clothes, for they will give account for how they used their brains, time, & words. Better "a doorkeeper in the house of God" than lounge in the cabanas of evil.
Woe to those who give up hope and prod others to self-destructive nihilism.
Woe to those who give up hope and prod others to self-destructive nihilism.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe to those who will not stop raving about the emperor's new clothes, for they will give account for how they used their brains, time, & words. Better "a doorkeeper in the house of God" than lounge in the cabanas of evil.
Woe to those who give up hope and prod others to self-destructive nihilism.
Woe to those who give up hope and prod others to self-destructive nihilism.
Woe to those "who sell the poor for a pair of sandals," celebrating market highs on the backs of abuse survivors
like it's a fair trade-off.
Woe to those who demolish honor and call the wrecking ball good.
Woe to those who denigrate virtue and call their own assault "real masculinity."
like it's a fair trade-off.
Woe to those who demolish honor and call the wrecking ball good.
Woe to those who denigrate virtue and call their own assault "real masculinity."
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe to those "who sell the poor for a pair of sandals," celebrating market highs on the backs of abuse survivors
like it's a fair trade-off.
Woe to those who demolish honor and call the wrecking ball good.
Woe to those who denigrate virtue and call their own assault "real masculinity."
like it's a fair trade-off.
Woe to those who demolish honor and call the wrecking ball good.
Woe to those who denigrate virtue and call their own assault "real masculinity."
Woe to those who cover their own eyes while claiming ignorance of abuse and assault.
Woe to those who act from self-preservation instead of neighborly kindness.
Woe to anyone who condemns others' misuse of power without searching their own hearts too: that is dangerous territory.
Woe to those who act from self-preservation instead of neighborly kindness.
Woe to anyone who condemns others' misuse of power without searching their own hearts too: that is dangerous territory.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe to those who cover their own eyes while claiming ignorance of abuse and assault.
Woe to those who act from self-preservation instead of neighborly kindness.
Woe to anyone who condemns others' misuse of power without searching their own hearts too: that is dangerous territory.
Woe to those who act from self-preservation instead of neighborly kindness.
Woe to anyone who condemns others' misuse of power without searching their own hearts too: that is dangerous territory.
Woe to any woman so starved for approval she seeks praise from evildoers and calls what she does righteousness and justice.
Woe to anyone who tries to diminish the evil of their own actions in order to keep their power and money.
Woe to any man who refuses to follow the evidence wherever it leads.
Woe to anyone who tries to diminish the evil of their own actions in order to keep their power and money.
Woe to any man who refuses to follow the evidence wherever it leads.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe to any woman so starved for approval she seeks praise from evildoers and calls what she does righteousness and justice.
Woe to anyone who tries to diminish the evil of their own actions in order to keep their power and money.
Woe to any man who refuses to follow the evidence wherever it leads.
Woe to anyone who tries to diminish the evil of their own actions in order to keep their power and money.
Woe to any man who refuses to follow the evidence wherever it leads.
Woe to those who gorge themselves on the excess of their own plunder and laugh at poor people.
Woe to those who linger, waiting to see which way the wind blows before denouncing evil.
Woe to those who harm a child and hide under philanthropy.
Woe to those who linger, waiting to see which way the wind blows before denouncing evil.
Woe to those who harm a child and hide under philanthropy.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Woe to those who gorge themselves on the excess of their own plunder and laugh at poor people.
Woe to those who linger, waiting to see which way the wind blows before denouncing evil.
Woe to those who harm a child and hide under philanthropy.
Woe to those who linger, waiting to see which way the wind blows before denouncing evil.
Woe to those who harm a child and hide under philanthropy.
And let that be a warning and woe to any - *any* - who stand in the way of justice, protecting predators and delaying relief for those harmed.
Woe to any woman who seeks the illusory protection of predators around her over the safety of the Truth.
Woe to anyone who exploits vulnerable people.
Woe to any woman who seeks the illusory protection of predators around her over the safety of the Truth.
Woe to anyone who exploits vulnerable people.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
And let that be a warning and woe to any - *any* - who stand in the way of justice, protecting predators and delaying relief for those harmed.
Woe to any woman who seeks the illusory protection of predators around her over the safety of the Truth.
Woe to anyone who exploits vulnerable people.
Woe to any woman who seeks the illusory protection of predators around her over the safety of the Truth.
Woe to anyone who exploits vulnerable people.
So:
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
So:
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
EVEN WHEN WOMEN WERE KEPT FROM VOTING.
If confronting and de-fanging the privileged exploitation of girls and women
was possible then
when men were operating the levers of power
it is *definitely* possible now
when women vote and hold office.
It took years, cooperation, savvy, determination, sacrifice, focus, a lot of prayer -
but they got the legislation repealed and exposed and confronted injustice at every level.
Without ever being able to vote.
And that work was part of the foundation of educational and voting access for women.
but they got the legislation repealed and exposed and confronted injustice at every level.
Without ever being able to vote.
And that work was part of the foundation of educational and voting access for women.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It took years, cooperation, savvy, determination, sacrifice, focus, a lot of prayer -
but they got the legislation repealed and exposed and confronted injustice at every level.
Without ever being able to vote.
And that work was part of the foundation of educational and voting access for women.
but they got the legislation repealed and exposed and confronted injustice at every level.
Without ever being able to vote.
And that work was part of the foundation of educational and voting access for women.
Some members of the Booth family, Salvation Army founders, spoke, collaborated, and worked with her to repeal the legislation, confront poverty, work with exploited girls and women, and expose trafficking.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Some members of the Booth family, Salvation Army founders, spoke, collaborated, and worked with her to repeal the legislation, confront poverty, work with exploited girls and women, and expose trafficking.
She also fought to raise age of "consent" from 13 to 16, and helped expose and confront human trafficking of girls and young women.
All of this was before women in the UK could vote.
She and her colleagues had to travel, speak, organize, publish, and lobby - lobby an all-male parliament.
All of this was before women in the UK could vote.
She and her colleagues had to travel, speak, organize, publish, and lobby - lobby an all-male parliament.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
She also fought to raise age of "consent" from 13 to 16, and helped expose and confront human trafficking of girls and young women.
All of this was before women in the UK could vote.
She and her colleagues had to travel, speak, organize, publish, and lobby - lobby an all-male parliament.
All of this was before women in the UK could vote.
She and her colleagues had to travel, speak, organize, publish, and lobby - lobby an all-male parliament.
("London Inferno" slang for places of "vice," sometimes in slums, often including brothels or gambling halls, both of which were sometimes referred to as "hells.")
Context: Butler spent years fighting the horrifically unjust Contagious Diseases Acts, finally repealed the year after she wrote this.
Context: Butler spent years fighting the horrifically unjust Contagious Diseases Acts, finally repealed the year after she wrote this.
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
("London Inferno" slang for places of "vice," sometimes in slums, often including brothels or gambling halls, both of which were sometimes referred to as "hells.")
Context: Butler spent years fighting the horrifically unjust Contagious Diseases Acts, finally repealed the year after she wrote this.
Context: Butler spent years fighting the horrifically unjust Contagious Diseases Acts, finally repealed the year after she wrote this.