Leaders of Seven Sisters Colleges Criticize Trump Appointee Bannon

The leaders of the Seven Sisters colleges published an open letter Monday taking exception to comments by a top Trump administration appointee who disparaged lesbians, feminists, and alumnae of the elite historically women’s schools.  In a 2011 radio interview, Stephen Bannon, appointed as chief strategist by President-elect Donald Trump Nov. 13, praised prominent women conservatives such as commentator Ann Coulter, former US representative Michele Bachmann, and Sarah Palin for being female leaders who were “pro-family.”  He said those conservatives threaten the narrative of the traditional “women’s liberation movement,” calling those in the movement a derogatory slur for lesbians and saying they all “came from the Seven Sisters schools up in New England.”