Late in her life, Taylor was forced to retire due to her failing health.

[3] According to art historian Maude Southwell Wahlman, Taylor "has made numerous quilts that play on the symbolic connotations and aesthetic qualities of the hand image.

[6] Taylor married five times and had one child, Willie, who preceded her in death.

Taylor's quilts have been displayed in Naperville, Illinois,[7] Santa Fe, New Mexico,[8] and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[9] among other American cities.

"[11] In 2020, The New Yorker noted there was an online exhibit of Taylor's work, "Don't Mess with Me," on August 31, 2020, by the Shrine Museum, New York.