She continued her education in the United States with a diploma in nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a Bachelor of Science from Columbia University.

[1] Taylor was also honored by Yale University with a Master of Arts and Keuka College with a Doctor of humane letters.

[2] Upon graduating from Johns Hopkins, Taylor remained at the hospital and began teaching in 1909.

While at Johns Hopkins, she went to become an assistant matron in 1912 and a nursing director at The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic until 1920.

[1] Outside of university teaching, Taylor was named the president of the International Council of Nurses in 1937 and remained for a ten-year term.