Young died on May 22, 1959 in Berkeley, California and was buried in Ellenville, New York. Young's writings from her time at Cornell have been referenced in scholarly journals, like the Architectural Research Centers Consortium's "Enquiry" Magazine; the "Winterthur Portfolio" of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; and in a report evaluating "Closets in the Farm Home" prepared for Columbia University, among others.