148 years ago this month, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland (today’s Notre Dame of Maryland University, @notredameofmd) opened its doors in Govanstown to 63 young women eager for the learning denied to most of their sex as “the first Roman Catholic college for women in the United States.” Discover the history of this prestigious Maryland institution in an article written by Sister Bridget Marie Engelmeyer in the Fall 1983 issue of "Maryland Historical Magazine" by clicking on the "Maryland Historical Magazine Featured Article" tab in our bio link. Image: A group of students from the 1902 and 1903 classes. Front row, l. to r.: Mary Fitzgerald, Mary Dugan. Second row: Helen Shriver, Vertalee Stanton (Cardinal Gibbons’ niece). Back row: Maud McHale, Kitty Koss, Mary Byrd Rouse, Florence Sears, Annie McWilliams, Eleanor Jenkins. Published in “Maryland Historical Magazine, vol. 78., no. 3, Fall 1983. @notredameofmd #MDHistory #MarylandHistory #Baltimore #BaltimoreHistory #NotreDame...