beginning of the 1900s, phillips was in new york city working as elocution, voice culture, physical culture trainer with a studio in the carnegie hall. she was a lecturer on "methods of improving articulation". through the 1900s and the 1910s she also continued with art lessons, giving lectures on "colors", showing charts and masks disclosing color schemes. the charts were a key to a practical use of color. phillips also taught at chautauqua lake summer school. in 1911 she taught at the duquesne ceramic club.