Mary Flannery O'Connor attended Georgia State College for Women (now Georgia College & State University) during World War II under an accelerated three-year program (1942 to 1945). O'Connor earned a B.A. in Social Science in 1945. She was editor of the school's literary magazine, The Corinthian, in her senior year. She also served on the yearbook and newspaper staff.
While O'Connor was a student at GSCW, she was known for her humorous cartoons, which one student described as "the bright spot of our existence." Her cartoons, made from linoleum cuts and block-printed, were published in the school's yearbook, The Spectrum; newspaper, The Colonnade; and literary magazine, The Corinthian.
Upon graduating from GSCW in 1945, O'Connor left Milledgeville in September to attend the University of Iowa in Iowa City.