"Y" is for Young, Anne Austin [1892-1989]. Physician. Born in Laurens County, at the age of fourteen Young enrolled at Presbyterian College where she graduated with honors. She taught school briefly then in 1911 went to Philadelphia to study at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics. After graduating in 1915, she declined a fellowship at the University of Edinburgh and returned home. In 1918 she wed Charles Henry Young and together they practiced in Anderson County. They devoted their careers to Anderson Memorial hospital. During more than sixty years of practice, Young assisted in the delivery of an estimated 11,000 infants. She was also instrumental in the establishment of Whitten Village, a facility for mentally retarded patients. In 1981 Anne Austin Young became the second woman inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.
"Y" is for Young, Anne Austin [1892-1989
