 In 1971, Papier became secretary of the National Association of State Agencies on Aging and that same year she served as co-chair of the Ohio delegation for the White House Conference on Aging.Throughout the 1970s, she traveled the state and was a featured speaker at many organizations and conferences dealing with elders.In 1978, Papier was inducted into the Ohio Department of Aging Hall of Fame as well as was one of the inaugural women inducted that year into the newly created Ohio Women's Hall of Fame.