She was later appointed by President Gerald Ford as presiding officer of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year in 1975. In this capacity, she was a leading advocate for congressional funding that would support the 1977 National Women's Conference. She was also one of the four representatives in the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations World Conference of the International Women's Year in Mexico City, which was from June 19 to July 2, in 1975. She resigned from her position as presiding officer in June 1976 as her family moved to Washington state, remaining as an ordinary member for the rest of the year.