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In 1873, Cole opened a Women's Directory Center with Dr. [[Charlotte Abbey]], which provided medical and legal services to disadvantaged women and children. In January 1899, Cole was appointed superintendent of a home run by the [[Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="ThreadofHope">{{cite book|last1=Clark Hine|first1=Darlene|url=https://archive.org/details/shiningthreadofh00hine|title=A Shining Thread of Hope|last2=Thompson|first2=Kathleen|date=1998|publisher=Broadway Books|isbn=0-7679-0111-8|edition=First|___location=New York, NY|page=[https://archive.org/details/shiningthreadofh00hine/page/163 163]|url-access=registration}}</ref> The association's 1899 annual report stated that Cole possessed "all the qualities essential to such a position-ability, energy, experience, tact." A subsequent report noted that:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Thirty-seventh annual report of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children, for the year ending January, 1900 ...|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/91898495/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

{{citazione|Dr Cole herself has more than fulfilled the expectations of her friends. With a clear and comprehensive view of her whole field of action, she has carried out her plans with the good sense and vigor which are a part of her character, while her cheerful optimism, her determination to see the best in every situation and in every individual, have created around her an atmosphere of sunshine that adds to the happiness and well being of every member of the large family.|titlesource=https://www.loc.gov/item/91898495/|Annual report of the [[National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children|National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children]]|source=https://www.loc.gov/item/91898495/}}

Cole practiced medicine for fifty years. In 2015, she was chosen as an Innovators Walk of Fame honoree by the [[University City Science Center]], [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Science Center: Celebrating Women Innovators in 2015 Class of the Innovators Walk of Fame|url=http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v62/n11/science-center-women-innovators.html|website=University of Pennsylvania Almanac|accessdate=30 January 2017}}</ref>