Today in History - January 11

Today in History - January 11

Alice Paul, chief strategist for the militant wing of the suffrage movement and author of the Equal Rights Amendment, was born on January 11, 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey.  Continue reading.

Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States, was born on January 11 in either 1755 or 1757, on the Caribbean Island of Nevis in the British West Indies.  Continue reading.

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