[5] Aside from music lessons, Taylor often took long walks outside with her mother, learning about the plants and animals her area, inspiring her love of biology.
[5] Immediately after her work as a graduate student, Taylor became an active teacher at the Connecticut college for women within the Biology Department.
In 1954, following this teaching job, Taylor moved to Sydney, Australia to study the bush rat (Rattus assimilis).
[8] Shortly after becoming a professor at the University of British Columbia, Taylor married Dr. Joseph William Kamp, an entomologist.
[4] Kamp was diagnosed with cancer and Taylor's mother broke her hip in 1982, forcing her to leave her teaching job after 17 years and return to the United States.
[4] During the period of time where Taylor's family members struggled with their health, she worked on publishing research papers, including a field guide to the terrestrial and marine animals of Australia.