Nellie Louise Young (June 7, 1907 – September 22, 1997) was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in Maryland.

[1] When the Baltimore health department budget was cut in 1933, Young volunteered her services to ensure coverage in the colored schools.

[7] Young believed that physicians should be free to choose their medical specialities "regardless of sex, race, color, and creed.

[4][10][11][12] After ten years at the clinic, Young was granted residency to specialize in ob-gyn at Provident Hospital, where she served as chief from 1950 to 1963.

She worked at several area hospitals, often integrating the staff, until her retirement in 1984 after fifty-two years of practicing medicine.