"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow..."

Emmanuel College, established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, opened as a day college in 1919 and was the first female Catholic institution of higher learning in New England during a tumultuous year in Boston history that witnessed a molasses flood and a police strike. In its early days, the College secured its charter from the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1921), was accredited by National Catholic Education Association (1923) and opened its first graduate school (1926). The College did all this while it shared its space (and resources) on campus with the Boston Academy of the Notre Dame, a school for primary and secondary aged girls.