Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero I whānau a Phillips ki New York City, ā, i tipu ake ia ki te rohe o Toledo, Ohio.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I whanau a Phillips i New York City ka haere ki te whare wānanga i Stephens College i Missouri i mua i tana whakawhiti ki te Parsons School of Design, i reira ka mutu ia i mua i tana tohu".