Phyllis K. Robinson wurde am 22 Oktober 1921 in New York, USA geboren. Sie war mit Richard G. Robinson verheiratet. Sie starb am 31 Dezember 2010 in New York, New York, USA.
She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree of Arts from Barnard College in 1942 in New York City with a major in sociology. During World War II, she was a statistician for the federal Public Housing Authority.