If the Nobel Prize was her crown, after her rise to fame, Pearl Buck did not fail her ―noblesse oblige‖—her social responsibility and public duty, as a writer and public figure on the world stage, guest of the White House, speaker on public mass media, editor and publisher in literary circles, and philanthropist in social welfare. She was recognized as a political activist,a strong supporter of the Civil Rights movement and the feminist movement. She toured 238 cities in 1960s, appeared on radio and television programs as a public speaker, and lobbied successfully to change American attitudes and policies in the areas of immigration, adoption, minority rights and mental health.

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