frank retired from teaching in 1956, having taught for 47 years, but continued her advocacy, arguing for senior citizens' rights. in 1961, she was appointed by governor j. howard edmondson to serve on the state teacher's retirement system board of trustees, on which she continued to serve for ten years. that same year, she attended the white house conference on aging and began promoting a teacher's retirement home while in washington, d.c. the following year, frank obtained a loan from the federal housing administration to build the first high-rise apartment building in muskogee, oklahoma, as a residence for retired teachers. the apartments are now open to any senior citizen above age 62, who is still ambulatory and offers subsidies from the oklahoma department of rehabilitation services for rent.