Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1961, Bacon ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mutane shida na farko da suka karɓi lambar yabo ta Mata ta Tarayya, "a matsayin girmamawa ga gudummawar da ta bayar ga tsara manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka a fannin al'amuran Gabas ta Tsakiya". 'Yar'uwarta ta karbi kyautar a madadinta. Ta yi ritaya daga gwamnatin tarayya a shekarar 1968. A shekarar 1974 ta yi aiki a Hukumar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Matsayin Mata, ta halarci taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Mata na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
Taron Duniya kan Mata a 1975 a Mexico City, kuma ita ce darektan Cibiyar Amurka don Shekarar Mata ta Duniya daga 1973 zuwa 1976. Ta tafi yawon shakatawa a Afirka a 1974, wanda Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen ta tallafawa, kuma ta ziyarci Afirka ta Kudu, Tanzania, Kenya, da Habasha. A shekara ta 1977 ta kasance Woodrow Wilson Ziyarci Fellow, yana ba da lacca a kwalejoji daga Vermont da Virginia zuwa Hawaii.