[1][2] In 1897, as was the custom at the time, Young began her teaching career as a lecturer at Agnes Scott even before earning her bachelor's degree.

And she'd studied so hard and was so scared that in the glare of the classroom and under the sound of the thumping of her own heart she forgot everything she knew and didn't try to work some of the problems.

[2]She was a charter member of the school's alumnae association and was very active in campus life until the time of her death.

[2] During a 1920 trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to visit relatives, Young contracted pneumonia and died at 46 years of age on September 3.

[4] At her funeral service, Agnes Scott President Frank Henry Gaines said, "A truer woman, a finer character, a more devoted Christian, a more useful member of the College community, it would be difficult to find.

"[2] In 1923, a new building on the campus of Agnes Scott was called the Anna Young Alumnae House, in memory of the professor.