Background
Cole, Phyllis Blum was born on November 22, 1944 in St. Charles, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Walter and Ruth Pennington Blum.
Cole, Phyllis Blum was born on November 22, 1944 in St. Charles, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Walter and Ruth Pennington Blum.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1966. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1973.
Assistant professor English Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1973—1983. Visiting research scholar Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1983—1989. Research associate and visiting lecturer in women's studies Harvard Division School, Cambridge, 1984—1985.
Lecturer Harvard University Extension, 1987—1988. Associate professor English and women's studies Penn State Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1989—2000, professor English, women's studies, and American studies, since 2000. Book review editor Resources for American Literature Study, 1999—2003.
Member of Modern Language Association, Research Society for American Periodicals, Chester County History Society, Delaware County History Society, Mid-Atlantic American Studies Association (executive board 2000-2003), Margaret Fuller Society (advisory board 2001-2003), Society for the Study American Women Writers 2002-2004, Ralph Waldo Emerson Society (program chair 1998—2001, president-elect 2002-2003, president 2004-2005), American Literature Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Robert Franklin Cole, May 20, 1972. Children: Sarah Hammond, Rachel Louise.