Flannery was born in Savannah, Georgia on March 25, 1925. She was the daughter of Regina O’Connor and Edward O’Connor. She was born into a Catholic community. At the time of her birth, the war between the states was long over, but its memory lived on in the history of Savannah for years to come.
Though the times were different, Savannah still had its distinguished history. The poor was separated from the wealthy, the blacks from the whites and the Catholics from the Protestants.
Flannery and her family were Catholic, but Catholics suffered in Georgia. Savannah had a charter that banned Catholicism, making life very difficult. Flannery believed strongly in her Catholic re